Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Ashland city GEOCODE:21-0050 KY ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 27,064 100.0% 23,622 100.0% -3,442 -12.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 23,912 88.4% 19,848 84.0% -4,064 -17.0 -4.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 252 0.9% 282 1.2% 30 11.9 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 26,367 97.4% 22,856 96.8% -3,511 -13.3 -0.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 581 2.1% 525 2.2% -56 -9.6 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 64 0.2% 154 0.7% 90 140.6 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 36 0.1% 38 0.2% 2 5.6 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 97 0.4% 78 0.3% -19 -19.6 -0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,702 6.3% 1,377 5.8% -325 -19.1 -0.5 5-17.................. 4,875 18.0% 3,855 16.3% -1,020 -20.9 -1.7 18-24.................. 3,125 11.5% 1,849 7.8% -1,276 -40.8 -3.7 25-44.................. 6,431 23.8% 6,475 27.4% 44 0.7 3.6 45-64.................. 6,642 24.5% 5,328 22.6% -1,314 -19.8 -2.0 65 AND OVER............ 4,289 15.8% 4,738 20.1% 449 10.5 4.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,577 24.3% 5,232 22.1% -1,345 -20.5 -2.2 40 AND OVER............ 12,335 45.6% 11,564 49.0% -771 -6.3 3.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 35.7 39.2 3.5 9.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,215 $21,904 -3,311 -13.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,479 $29,304 -3,175 -9.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,029 $12,711 -318 -2.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,029 15.0% 4,211 18.1% 182 4.5 3.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,602 100.0% 10,127 100.0% -475 -4.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,838 73.9% 6,868 67.8% -970 -12.4 -6.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,352 31.6% 2,900 28.6% -452 -13.5 -3.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,546 61.7% 5,492 54.2% -1,054 -16.1 -7.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,826 26.7% 2,139 21.1% -687 -24.3 -5.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,099 10.4% 1,213 12.0% 114 10.4 1.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 577 5.4% 656 6.5% 79 13.7 1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,659 25.1% 3,062 30.2% 403 15.2 5.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.2 -8.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 17,362 100.0% 16,541 100.0% -821 -4.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,056 34.9% 5,198 31.4% -858 -14.2 -3.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,117 12.2% 2,355 14.2% 238 11.2 2.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,311 100.0% 9,452 100.0% -1,859 -16.4 FEMALE................ 4,446 39.3% 4,106 43.4% -340 -7.6 4.1 EMPLOYED.............. 10,153 89.8% 8,766 92.7% -1,387 -13.7 3.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,113 18.7% 2,286 24.2% 173 8.2 5.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,464 12.9% 1,198 12.7% -266 -18.2 -0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,405 100.0% 11,021 100.0% -384 -3.4 OCCUPIED.............. 10,620 93.1% 10,128 91.9% -492 -4.6 -1.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,153 67.4% 6,617 65.3% -536 -7.5 -2.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $59,620 $51,527 -8,093 -13.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,467 32.6% 3,511 34.7% 44 1.3 2.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $303 $288 -15 -4.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,623 75.6% 8,170 74.1% -453 -5.3 -1.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 119 1.0% 184 1.7% 65 54.6 0.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1946.0 1953.0 7.0 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