Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Alexandria city GEOCODE:22-0025 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 51,565 100.0% 49,188 100.0% -2,377 -4.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 45,234 87.7% 41,571 84.5% -3,663 -8.1 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 865 1.7% 1,542 3.1% 677 78.3 1.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 26,617 51.6% 24,462 49.7% -2,155 -8.1 -1.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 24,654 47.8% 24,164 49.1% -490 -2.0 1.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 137 0.3% 340 0.7% 203 148.2 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 46 0.1% 157 0.3% 111 241.3 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 540 1.0% 464 0.9% -76 -14.1 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,456 8.6% 3,816 7.8% -640 -14.4 -0.9 5-17.................. 11,839 23.0% 10,586 21.5% -1,253 -10.6 -1.4 18-24.................. 6,750 13.1% 4,899 10.0% -1,851 -27.4 -3.1 25-44.................. 12,257 23.8% 14,112 28.7% 1,855 15.1 4.9 45-64.................. 9,961 19.3% 8,795 17.9% -1,166 -11.7 -1.4 65 AND OVER............ 6,302 12.2% 6,980 14.2% 678 10.8 2.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 16,295 31.6% 14,402 29.3% -1,893 -11.6 -2.3 40 AND OVER............ 18,867 36.6% 18,710 38.0% -157 -0.8 1.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.6 31.9 3.3 11.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,523 $18,546 -1,977 -9.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,229 $23,151 -2,078 -8.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,446 $10,887 441 4.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 12,265 24.2% 13,710 28.8% 1,445 11.8 4.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 18,382 100.0% 18,105 100.0% -277 -1.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 13,424 73.0% 12,575 69.5% -849 -6.3 -3.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,335 34.5% 6,037 33.3% -298 -4.7 -1.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 9,415 51.2% 8,250 45.6% -1,165 -12.4 -5.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,668 25.4% 3,733 20.6% -935 -20.0 -4.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,530 19.2% 3,787 20.9% 257 7.3 1.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,169 11.8% 2,239 12.4% 70 3.2 0.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,561 24.8% 5,069 28.0% 508 11.1 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.1 -4.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 28,520 100.0% 29,887 100.0% 1,367 4.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,914 27.7% 8,491 28.4% 577 7.3 0.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,206 14.7% 5,500 18.4% 1,294 30.8 3.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 20,651 100.0% 20,084 100.0% -567 -2.7 FEMALE................ 9,741 47.2% 10,363 51.6% 622 6.4 4.4 EMPLOYED.............. 19,175 92.9% 17,726 88.3% -1,449 -7.6 -4.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,418 21.4% 5,135 25.6% 717 16.2 4.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,258 20.6% 3,692 18.4% -566 -13.3 -2.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 19,629 100.0% 20,348 100.0% 719 3.7 OCCUPIED.............. 18,291 93.2% 18,134 89.1% -157 -0.9 -4.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 10,640 58.2% 10,272 56.6% -368 -3.5 -1.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $65,876 $64,513 -1,363 -2.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 7,651 41.8% 7,862 43.4% 211 2.8 1.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $306 $332 26 8.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 15,189 77.4% 14,763 72.6% -426 -2.8 -4.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 160 0.8% 476 2.3% 316 197.5 1.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1955.1 1962.0 6.9 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