Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Covington city GEOCODE:21-0465 KY ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 49,569 100.0% 43,264 100.0% -6,305 -12.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 41,327 83.4% 34,544 79.8% -6,783 -16.4 -3.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 971 2.0% 1,113 2.6% 142 14.6 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 46,086 93.0% 39,633 91.6% -6,453 -14.0 -1.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,192 6.4% 3,357 7.8% 165 5.2 1.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 180 0.4% 85 0.2% -95 -52.8 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 93 0.2% 124 0.3% 31 33.3 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 222 0.4% 300 0.7% 78 35.1 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,217 8.5% 3,636 8.4% -581 -13.8 -0.1 5-17.................. 10,242 20.7% 8,041 18.6% -2,201 -21.5 -2.1 18-24.................. 6,589 13.3% 4,461 10.3% -2,128 -32.3 -3.0 25-44.................. 11,848 23.9% 14,055 32.5% 2,207 18.6 8.6 45-64.................. 9,242 18.6% 6,836 15.8% -2,406 -26.0 -2.8 65 AND OVER............ 7,431 15.0% 6,235 14.4% -1,196 -16.1 -0.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 14,459 29.2% 11,677 27.0% -2,782 -19.2 -2.2 40 AND OVER............ 18,824 38.0% 15,500 35.8% -3,324 -17.7 -2.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.1 31.7 2.6 8.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,335 $21,003 668 3.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,986 $26,236 -750 -2.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,567 $10,293 726 7.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,448 17.4% 8,334 19.8% -114 -1.3 2.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 18,748 100.0% 17,308 100.0% -1,440 -7.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 12,234 65.3% 10,694 61.8% -1,540 -12.6 -3.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,813 31.0% 5,810 33.6% -3 -0.1 2.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 8,818 47.0% 7,096 41.0% -1,722 -19.5 -6.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,448 23.7% 3,538 20.4% -910 -20.5 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,841 15.2% 2,868 16.6% 27 1.0 1.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,657 8.8% 1,730 10.0% 73 4.4 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,912 31.5% 5,756 33.3% -156 -2.6 1.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -6.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 28,521 100.0% 27,126 100.0% -1,395 -4.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 8,548 30.0% 9,160 33.8% 612 7.2 3.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,958 6.9% 2,660 9.8% 702 35.9 2.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 20,573 100.0% 20,176 100.0% -397 -1.9 FEMALE................ 8,848 43.0% 9,185 45.5% 337 3.8 2.5 EMPLOYED.............. 18,856 91.7% 18,636 92.4% -220 -1.2 0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,692 13.1% 3,484 17.3% 792 29.4 4.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,489 17.0% 3,290 16.3% -199 -5.7 -0.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 20,401 100.0% 19,117 100.0% -1,284 -6.3 OCCUPIED.............. 18,763 92.0% 17,319 90.6% -1,444 -7.7 -1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 9,570 51.0% 8,794 50.8% -776 -8.1 -0.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $45,564 $45,276 -288 -0.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 9,193 49.0% 8,525 49.2% -668 -7.3 0.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $270 $305 35 13.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,345 50.7% 10,051 52.6% -294 -2.8 1.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 122 0.6% 252 1.3% 130 106.6 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1934.0 1939.0 5.0 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