Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Amesbury CDP GEOCODE:25-0080 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,236 100.0% 12,109 100.0% -127 -1.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,543 86.2% 10,073 83.2% -470 -4.5 -3.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 302 2.5% 372 3.1% 70 23.2 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,139 99.2% 11,882 98.1% -257 -2.1 -1.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 32 0.3% 114 0.9% 82 256.3 0.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 27 0.2% 31 0.3% 4 14.8 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 38 0.3% 33 0.3% -5 -13.2 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 37 0.3% 46 0.4% 9 24.3 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 983 8.0% 1,088 9.0% 105 10.7 1.0 5-17.................. 2,542 20.8% 2,047 16.9% -495 -19.5 -3.9 18-24.................. 1,579 12.9% 1,184 9.8% -395 -25.0 -3.1 25-44.................. 3,306 27.0% 4,269 35.3% 963 29.1 8.2 45-64.................. 2,176 17.8% 1,989 16.4% -187 -8.6 -1.4 65 AND OVER............ 1,650 13.5% 1,532 12.7% -118 -7.2 -0.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,525 28.8% 3,135 25.9% -390 -11.1 -2.9 40 AND OVER............ 4,391 35.9% 4,381 36.2% -10 -0.2 0.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.6 32.2 2.6 8.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,911 $36,937 10,026 37.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,273 $42,530 10,257 31.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,766 $15,362 4,596 42.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,186 10.0% 782 6.7% -404 -34.1 -3.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,424 100.0% 4,496 100.0% 72 1.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,185 72.0% 3,144 69.9% -41 -1.3 -2.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,760 39.8% 2,067 46.0% 307 17.4 6.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,534 57.3% 2,485 55.3% -49 -1.9 -2.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,368 30.9% 1,256 27.9% -112 -8.2 -3.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 516 11.7% 467 10.4% -49 -9.5 -1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 378 8.5% 267 5.9% -111 -29.4 -2.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,093 24.7% 1,093 24.3% 0 0.0 -0.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -3.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,132 100.0% 7,790 100.0% 658 9.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,730 38.3% 2,394 30.7% -336 -12.3 -7.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 966 13.5% 1,651 21.2% 685 70.9 7.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,694 100.0% 6,534 100.0% 840 14.8 FEMALE................ 2,490 43.7% 3,058 46.8% 568 22.8 3.1 EMPLOYED.............. 5,372 94.3% 5,972 91.4% 600 11.2 -2.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 989 17.4% 1,606 24.6% 617 62.4 7.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 797 14.0% 796 12.2% -1 -0.1 -1.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,763 100.0% 4,865 100.0% 102 2.1 OCCUPIED.............. 4,430 93.0% 4,525 93.0% 95 2.1 0.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,206 49.8% 2,343 51.8% 137 6.2 2.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $68,729 $154,642 85,913 125.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,224 50.2% 2,182 48.2% -42 -1.9 -2.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $422 $599 177 42.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,049 43.0% 2,110 43.4% 61 3.0 0.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 47 1.0% 53 1.1% 6 12.8 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1939.1 1939.0 -0.1 -0.0 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