Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Paducah city GEOCODE:21-1520 KY ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 29,315 100.0% 27,256 100.0% -2,059 -7.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 24,126 82.3% 21,325 78.2% -2,801 -11.6 -4.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 753 2.6% 768 2.8% 15 2.0 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 23,587 80.5% 21,343 78.3% -2,244 -9.5 -2.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 5,462 18.6% 5,689 20.9% 227 4.2 2.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 197 0.7% 126 0.5% -71 -36.0 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 22 0.1% 63 0.2% 41 186.4 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 185 0.6% 159 0.6% -26 -14.1 -0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,997 6.8% 1,674 6.1% -323 -16.2 -0.7 5-17.................. 5,152 17.6% 4,551 16.7% -601 -11.7 -0.9 18-24.................. 3,163 10.8% 2,024 7.4% -1,139 -36.0 -3.4 25-44.................. 6,828 23.3% 7,555 27.7% 727 10.6 4.4 45-64.................. 6,496 22.2% 5,411 19.9% -1,085 -16.7 -2.3 65 AND OVER............ 5,679 19.4% 6,041 22.2% 362 6.4 2.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,149 24.4% 6,225 22.8% -924 -12.9 -1.5 40 AND OVER............ 13,503 46.1% 12,976 47.6% -527 -3.9 1.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 35.7 38.3 2.7 7.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,236 $17,196 -3,040 -15.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,018 $23,665 -4,353 -15.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,563 $11,918 355 3.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,328 18.7% 6,305 23.8% 977 18.3 5.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 12,095 100.0% 11,987 100.0% -108 -0.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,059 66.6% 7,302 60.9% -757 -9.4 -5.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,608 29.8% 3,185 26.6% -423 -11.7 -3.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,198 51.2% 5,182 43.2% -1,016 -16.4 -8.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,489 20.6% 2,047 17.1% -442 -17.8 -3.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,596 13.2% 1,797 15.0% 201 12.6 1.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 930 7.7% 1,055 8.8% 125 13.4 1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,759 31.1% 4,344 36.2% 585 15.6 5.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.2 -0.2 -6.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 19,003 100.0% 19,007 100.0% 4 0.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,069 31.9% 5,706 30.0% -363 -6.0 -1.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,260 11.9% 2,767 14.6% 507 22.4 2.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 12,251 100.0% 11,343 100.0% -908 -7.4 FEMALE................ 5,434 44.4% 5,413 47.7% -21 -0.4 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 11,244 91.8% 10,489 92.5% -755 -6.7 0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,292 18.7% 2,432 21.4% 140 6.1 2.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,716 14.0% 2,255 19.9% 539 31.4 5.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 12,749 100.0% 13,150 100.0% 401 3.1 OCCUPIED.............. 12,050 94.5% 11,955 90.9% -95 -0.8 -3.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,135 59.2% 6,501 54.4% -634 -8.9 -4.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $53,995 $51,976 -2,019 -3.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,915 40.8% 5,454 45.6% 539 11.0 4.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $257 $257 0 0.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,925 70.0% 8,745 66.5% -180 -2.0 -3.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 239 1.9% 273 2.1% 34 14.2 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1951.0 1955.0 4.0 0.2 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