Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Owensboro city GEOCODE:21-1495 KY ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 54,450 100.0% 53,549 100.0% -901 -1.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 46,963 86.2% 43,825 81.8% -3,138 -6.7 -4.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,364 2.5% 1,660 3.1% 296 21.7 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 50,829 93.3% 50,029 93.4% -800 -1.6 0.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,233 5.9% 3,283 6.1% 50 1.5 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 287 0.5% 112 0.2% -175 -61.0 -0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 76 0.1% 81 0.2% 5 6.6 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 210 0.4% 139 0.3% -71 -33.8 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,052 7.4% 3,842 7.2% -210 -5.2 -0.3 5-17.................. 11,376 20.9% 9,703 18.1% -1,673 -14.7 -2.8 18-24.................. 7,273 13.4% 5,474 10.2% -1,799 -24.7 -3.1 25-44.................. 14,260 26.2% 15,938 29.8% 1,678 11.8 3.6 45-64.................. 10,824 19.9% 10,558 19.7% -266 -2.5 -0.2 65 AND OVER............ 6,665 12.2% 8,034 15.0% 1,369 20.5 2.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 15,428 28.3% 13,545 25.3% -1,883 -12.2 -3.0 40 AND OVER............ 20,374 37.4% 22,159 41.4% 1,785 8.8 4.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.0 34.1 4.1 13.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,976 $21,952 -3,024 -12.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,843 $27,892 -2,951 -9.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,187 $11,492 305 2.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 7,296 13.8% 9,804 18.9% 2,508 34.4 5.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 20,118 100.0% 21,701 100.0% 1,583 7.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 14,565 72.4% 14,503 66.8% -62 -0.4 -5.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,047 40.0% 7,998 36.9% -49 -0.6 -3.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 11,914 59.2% 11,197 51.6% -717 -6.0 -7.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 6,181 30.7% 5,141 23.7% -1,040 -16.8 -7.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,333 11.6% 2,858 13.2% 525 22.5 1.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,319 6.6% 1,720 7.9% 401 30.4 1.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,093 25.3% 6,520 30.0% 1,427 28.0 4.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -9.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 31,749 100.0% 34,530 100.0% 2,781 8.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 10,886 34.3% 11,883 34.4% 997 9.2 0.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,941 12.4% 5,288 15.3% 1,347 34.2 2.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 25,151 100.0% 25,775 100.0% 624 2.5 FEMALE................ 11,168 44.4% 12,263 47.6% 1,095 9.8 3.2 EMPLOYED.............. 23,002 91.5% 23,746 92.1% 744 3.2 0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,039 20.0% 5,353 20.8% 314 6.2 0.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,432 13.6% 4,008 15.5% 576 16.8 1.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 21,151 100.0% 23,074 100.0% 1,923 9.1 OCCUPIED.............. 20,188 95.4% 21,672 93.9% 1,484 7.4 -1.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 12,922 64.0% 13,015 60.1% 93 0.7 -4.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $66,475 $54,527 -11,948 -18.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 7,266 36.0% 8,657 39.9% 1,391 19.1 4.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $301 $280 -21 -7.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 15,637 73.9% 15,809 68.5% 172 1.1 -5.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 134 0.6% 262 1.1% 128 95.5 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1958.4 1964.0 5.6 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