Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Laurel city GEOCODE:24-0555 MD ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,103 100.0% 19,438 100.0% 7,335 60.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,766 80.7% 14,301 73.6% 4,535 46.4 -7.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 44 0.4% 258 1.3% 214 486.4 1.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,761 88.9% 15,478 79.6% 4,717 43.8 -9.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 954 7.9% 2,758 14.2% 1,804 189.1 6.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 307 2.5% 954 4.9% 647 210.7 2.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 31 0.3% 69 0.4% 38 122.6 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 227 1.9% 569 2.9% 342 150.7 1.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 881 7.3% 1,580 8.1% 699 79.3 0.8 5-17.................. 2,005 16.6% 2,250 11.6% 245 12.2 -5.0 18-24.................. 2,006 16.6% 2,027 10.4% 21 1.0 -6.1 25-44.................. 4,312 35.6% 9,464 48.7% 5,152 119.5 13.1 45-64.................. 2,031 16.8% 2,786 14.3% 755 37.2 -2.4 65 AND OVER............ 868 7.2% 1,331 6.8% 463 53.3 -0.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,886 23.8% 3,830 19.7% 944 32.7 -4.1 40 AND OVER............ 3,579 29.6% 5,524 28.4% 1,946 54.4 -1.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.5 31.0 2.5 8.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $34,251 $44,002 9,751 28.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $37,590 $49,133 11,543 30.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $15,541 $21,615 6,074 39.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 999 8.3% 672 3.5% -327 -32.7 -4.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,122 100.0% 8,524 100.0% 3,402 66.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,248 63.4% 4,833 56.7% 1,585 48.8 -6.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,108 41.2% 3,601 42.2% 1,493 70.8 1.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,638 51.5% 3,732 43.8% 1,094 41.5 -7.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,219 23.8% 1,678 19.7% 459 37.7 -4.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 465 9.1% 785 9.2% 320 68.8 0.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 304 5.9% 375 4.4% 71 23.4 -1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,527 29.8% 2,718 31.9% 1,191 78.0 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -4.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,211 100.0% 13,581 100.0% 6,370 88.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,759 38.3% 2,920 21.5% 161 5.8 -16.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,570 21.8% 4,901 36.1% 3,331 212.2 14.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,152 100.0% 13,007 100.0% 5,855 81.9 FEMALE................ 3,208 44.9% 6,276 48.3% 3,068 95.6 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 6,926 96.8% 12,709 97.7% 5,783 83.5 0.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,737 24.3% 4,901 37.7% 3,164 182.2 13.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 633 8.9% 1,424 10.9% 791 125.0 2.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,275 100.0% 9,049 100.0% 3,774 71.5 OCCUPIED.............. 5,069 96.1% 8,551 94.5% 3,482 68.7 -1.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 1,909 37.7% 4,531 53.0% 2,622 137.3 15.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $97,976 $126,082 28,106 28.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,160 62.3% 4,020 47.0% 860 27.2 -15.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $436 $627 191 43.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,268 43.0% 4,802 53.1% 2,534 111.7 10.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.1 1977.0 16.9 0.9 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