Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Ruston city GEOCODE:22-1190 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 20,585 100.0% 20,027 100.0% -558 -2.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,709 66.6% 12,854 64.2% -855 -6.2 -2.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,762 18.3% 3,364 16.8% -398 -10.6 -1.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 14,708 71.5% 12,838 64.1% -1,870 -12.7 -7.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 5,491 26.7% 6,749 33.7% 1,258 22.9 7.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 127 0.6% 333 1.7% 206 162.2 1.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 17 0.1% 26 0.1% 9 52.9 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 349 1.7% 180 0.9% -169 -48.4 -0.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,227 6.0% 1,137 5.7% -90 -7.3 -0.3 5-17.................. 3,167 15.4% 3,010 15.0% -157 -5.0 -0.4 18-24.................. 7,304 35.5% 6,537 32.6% -767 -10.5 -2.8 25-44.................. 4,114 20.0% 4,746 23.7% 632 15.4 3.7 45-64.................. 2,824 13.7% 2,407 12.0% -417 -14.8 -1.7 65 AND OVER............ 1,949 9.5% 2,190 10.9% 241 12.4 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,394 21.3% 4,147 20.7% -247 -5.6 -0.6 40 AND OVER............ 5,575 27.1% 5,657 28.2% 83 1.5 1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 22.8 23.9 1.1 4.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,561 $17,826 -2,735 -13.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,846 $27,707 -2,139 -7.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,635 $9,610 -25 -0.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,000 23.7% 5,036 30.3% 1,036 25.9 6.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,533 100.0% 6,961 100.0% 428 6.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,253 65.1% 4,137 59.4% -116 -2.7 -5.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,115 32.4% 2,048 29.4% -67 -3.2 -3.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,260 49.9% 2,958 42.5% -302 -9.3 -7.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,568 24.0% 1,364 19.6% -204 -13.0 -4.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 809 12.4% 949 13.6% 140 17.3 1.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 468 7.2% 527 7.6% 59 12.6 0.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,646 25.2% 2,041 29.3% 395 24.0 4.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -7.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,887 100.0% 9,343 100.0% 456 5.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,199 24.7% 1,774 19.0% -425 -19.3 -5.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,743 30.9% 3,176 34.0% 433 15.8 3.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,485 100.0% 8,640 100.0% 155 1.8 FEMALE................ 3,638 42.9% 4,022 46.6% 384 10.6 3.7 EMPLOYED.............. 8,092 95.4% 7,712 89.3% -380 -4.7 -6.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,166 25.5% 2,638 30.5% 472 21.8 5.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,314 15.5% 1,147 13.3% -167 -12.7 -2.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,020 100.0% 7,669 100.0% 649 9.2 OCCUPIED.............. 6,557 93.4% 6,933 90.4% 376 5.7 -3.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,640 55.5% 3,453 49.8% -187 -5.1 -5.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $73,793 $66,387 -7,407 -10.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,917 44.5% 3,480 50.2% 563 19.3 5.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $341 $329 -12 -3.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,929 70.2% 4,881 63.6% -48 -1.0 -6.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 364 5.2% 377 4.9% 13 3.6 -0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.1 1968.0 5.9 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