Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Amherst CDP GEOCODE:25-0100 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 17,773 100.0% 17,824 100.0% 51 0.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 4,394 24.7% 3,845 21.6% -549 -12.5 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 11,159 62.8% 10,989 61.7% -170 -1.5 -1.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 16,264 91.5% 15,577 87.4% -687 -4.2 -4.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 846 4.8% 797 4.5% -49 -5.8 -0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 420 2.4% 1,138 6.4% 718 171.0 4.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 22 0.1% 7 0.0% -15 -68.2 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 357 2.0% 691 3.9% 334 93.6 1.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 222 1.2% 270 1.5% 48 21.6 0.3 5-17.................. 966 5.4% 742 4.2% -224 -23.2 -1.3 18-24.................. 12,037 67.7% 12,399 69.6% 362 3.0 1.8 25-44.................. 2,666 15.0% 2,483 13.9% -183 -6.9 -1.1 45-64.................. 1,077 6.1% 1,036 5.8% -41 -3.8 -0.2 65 AND OVER............ 805 4.5% 894 5.0% 89 11.1 0.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 1,188 6.7% 1,012 5.7% -176 -14.8 -1.0 40 AND OVER............ 2,290 12.9% 2,404 13.5% 115 5.0 0.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 20.8 20.8 -0.0 -0.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,652 $22,922 -730 -3.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,335 $36,602 3,267 9.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $7,640 $8,165 525 6.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,379 20.6% 1,776 25.7% 397 28.8 5.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 2,841 100.0% 2,990 100.0% 149 5.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 1,485 52.3% 1,359 45.5% -126 -8.5 -6.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 837 29.5% 784 26.2% -53 -6.3 -3.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,093 38.5% 950 31.8% -143 -13.1 -6.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 484 17.0% 373 12.5% -111 -22.9 -4.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 360 12.7% 354 11.8% -6 -1.7 -0.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 262 9.2% 224 7.5% -38 -14.5 -1.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 880 31.0% 1,007 33.7% 127 14.4 2.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.3 2.3 -0.0 -1.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 4,548 100.0% 4,413 100.0% -135 -3.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 664 14.6% 510 11.6% -154 -23.2 -3.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,518 55.4% 2,848 64.5% 330 13.1 9.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,581 100.0% 8,776 100.0% 1,195 15.8 FEMALE................ 3,778 49.8% 4,709 53.7% 931 24.6 3.8 EMPLOYED.............. 7,282 96.1% 8,259 94.1% 977 13.4 -1.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,342 30.9% 2,587 29.5% 245 10.5 -1.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,992 26.3% 2,068 23.6% 76 3.8 -2.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 2,887 100.0% 3,120 100.0% 233 8.1 OCCUPIED.............. 2,714 94.0% 2,987 95.7% 273 10.1 1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 1,014 37.4% 989 33.1% -25 -2.5 -4.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $87,056 $179,474 92,419 106.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,700 62.6% 1,998 66.9% 298 17.5 4.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $384 $496 112 29.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 1,196 41.4% 1,207 38.7% 11 0.9 -2.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1945.0 1950.0 5.0 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