Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Topeka city GEOCODE:20-2795 KS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 115,266 100.0% 119,883 100.0% 4,617 4.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 92,432 80.2% 94,392 78.7% 1,960 2.1 -1.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,496 3.9% 3,685 3.1% -811 -18.0 -0.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 99,864 86.6% 101,781 84.9% 1,917 1.9 -1.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 10,994 9.5% 12,675 10.6% 1,681 15.3 1.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 614 0.5% 1,046 0.9% 432 70.4 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,199 1.0% 1,411 1.2% 212 17.7 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 4,887 4.2% 6,539 5.5% 1,652 33.8 1.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 8,286 7.2% 8,872 7.4% 586 7.1 0.2 5-17.................. 20,733 18.0% 20,574 17.2% -159 -0.8 -0.8 18-24.................. 16,182 14.0% 11,700 9.8% -4,482 -27.7 -4.3 25-44.................. 30,654 26.6% 39,027 32.6% 8,373 27.3 6.0 45-64.................. 23,460 20.4% 22,043 18.4% -1,417 -6.0 -2.0 65 AND OVER............ 15,951 13.8% 17,667 14.7% 1,716 10.8 0.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 29,019 25.2% 29,446 24.6% 427 1.5 -0.6 40 AND OVER............ 44,933 39.0% 47,398 39.5% 2,465 5.5 0.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.8 33.6 2.9 9.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,405 $26,774 -631 -2.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,401 $32,758 -1,643 -4.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,257 $13,680 423 3.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 10,331 9.3% 14,292 12.3% 3,961 38.3 2.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 46,343 100.0% 49,839 100.0% 3,496 7.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 30,449 65.7% 31,185 62.6% 736 2.4 -3.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 17,893 38.6% 18,096 36.3% 203 1.1 -2.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 25,045 54.0% 24,021 48.2% -1,024 -4.1 -5.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 11,216 24.2% 10,399 20.9% -817 -7.3 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 4,539 9.8% 5,705 11.4% 1,166 25.7 1.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 3,010 6.5% 3,672 7.4% 662 22.0 0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 13,837 29.9% 15,974 32.1% 2,137 15.4 2.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -2.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 70,065 100.0% 78,737 100.0% 8,672 12.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 27,540 39.3% 27,271 34.6% -269 -1.0 -4.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 14,622 20.9% 17,436 22.1% 2,814 19.2 1.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 59,064 100.0% 61,388 100.0% 2,324 3.9 FEMALE................ 27,796 47.1% 30,138 49.1% 2,342 8.4 2.0 EMPLOYED.............. 56,388 95.5% 58,267 94.9% 1,879 3.3 -0.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 14,332 24.3% 16,071 26.2% 1,739 12.1 1.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 8,187 13.9% 8,762 14.3% 575 7.0 0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 50,309 100.0% 54,664 100.0% 4,355 8.7 OCCUPIED.............. 46,256 91.9% 49,936 91.4% 3,680 8.0 -0.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 28,788 62.2% 30,353 60.8% 1,565 5.4 -1.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $69,940 $57,127 -12,813 -18.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 17,468 37.8% 19,583 39.2% 2,115 12.1 1.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $351 $380 29 8.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 33,675 66.9% 36,595 66.9% 2,920 8.7 0.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,680 3.3% 2,235 4.1% 555 33.0 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.1 1960.0 5.9 0.3 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