Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Pittsburg city GEOCODE:20-2290 KS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,770 100.0% 17,775 100.0% -995 -5.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,671 72.8% 12,492 70.3% -1,179 -8.6 -2.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,180 6.3% 1,123 6.3% -57 -4.8 0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 18,045 96.1% 16,734 94.1% -1,311 -7.3 -2.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 356 1.9% 454 2.6% 98 27.5 0.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 140 0.7% 364 2.0% 224 160.0 1.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 137 0.7% 148 0.8% 11 8.0 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 174 0.9% 191 1.1% 17 9.8 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,143 6.1% 1,033 5.8% -110 -9.6 -0.3 5-17.................. 2,920 15.6% 2,828 15.9% -92 -3.2 0.4 18-24.................. 3,812 20.3% 3,257 18.3% -555 -14.6 -2.0 25-44.................. 4,084 21.8% 4,580 25.8% 496 12.1 4.0 45-64.................. 3,371 18.0% 2,817 15.8% -554 -16.4 -2.1 65 AND OVER............ 3,440 18.3% 3,260 18.3% -180 -5.2 0.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,063 21.6% 3,861 21.7% -202 -5.0 0.1 40 AND OVER............ 7,597 40.5% 7,036 39.6% -561 -7.4 -0.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.4 31.1 0.8 2.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $17,968 $17,027 -941 -5.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,156 $24,391 -1,765 -6.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,072 $10,289 217 2.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,085 17.5% 4,028 24.1% 943 30.6 6.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,724 100.0% 7,551 100.0% -173 -2.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,607 59.6% 4,265 56.5% -342 -7.4 -3.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,226 28.8% 2,201 29.1% -25 -1.1 0.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,955 51.2% 3,303 43.7% -652 -16.5 -7.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,625 21.0% 1,394 18.5% -231 -14.2 -2.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 561 7.3% 731 9.7% 170 30.3 2.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 323 4.2% 499 6.6% 176 54.5 2.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,651 34.3% 2,640 35.0% -11 -0.4 0.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.3 2.2 -0.1 -3.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,895 100.0% 10,657 100.0% -238 -2.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,347 30.7% 2,846 26.7% -501 -15.0 -4.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,381 21.9% 2,532 23.8% 151 6.3 1.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,352 100.0% 8,090 100.0% -262 -3.1 FEMALE................ 3,760 45.0% 3,818 47.2% 58 1.5 2.2 EMPLOYED.............. 7,955 95.2% 7,373 91.1% -582 -7.3 -4.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,010 24.1% 2,064 25.5% 54 2.7 1.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,245 14.9% 1,340 16.6% 95 7.6 1.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,494 100.0% 8,445 100.0% -49 -0.6 OCCUPIED.............. 7,737 91.1% 7,551 89.4% -186 -2.4 -1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,632 59.9% 4,186 55.4% -446 -9.6 -4.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $50,712 $38,869 -11,843 -23.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,105 40.1% 3,365 44.6% 260 8.4 4.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $265 $304 39 14.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,339 74.6% 6,392 75.7% 53 0.8 1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 108 1.3% 131 1.6% 23 21.3 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1938.9 1947.0 8.1 0.4 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis