Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Lawrence city GEOCODE:25-2030 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 63,175 100.0% 70,207 100.0% 7,032 11.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 54,174 85.8% 60,538 86.2% 6,364 11.7 0.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 771 1.2% 1,543 2.2% 772 100.1 1.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 55,411 87.7% 45,676 65.1% -9,735 -17.6 -22.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,455 2.3% 4,546 6.5% 3,091 212.4 4.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 285 0.5% 1,218 1.7% 933 327.4 1.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 172 0.3% 449 0.6% 277 161.0 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 10,289 16.3% 29,339 41.8% 19,050 185.1 25.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 5,284 8.4% 6,948 9.9% 1,664 31.5 1.5 5-17.................. 12,943 20.5% 15,339 21.8% 2,396 18.5 1.4 18-24.................. 8,153 12.9% 7,711 11.0% -442 -5.4 -1.9 25-44.................. 15,207 24.1% 21,800 31.1% 6,593 43.4 7.0 45-64.................. 12,065 19.1% 9,675 13.8% -2,390 -19.8 -5.3 65 AND OVER............ 9,523 15.1% 8,734 12.4% -789 -8.3 -2.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 18,227 28.9% 22,287 31.7% 4,060 22.3 2.9 40 AND OVER............ 24,262 38.4% 22,378 31.9% -1,884 -7.8 -6.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.7 28.8 -0.9 -2.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,462 $22,183 1,721 8.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,401 $26,398 -3 -0.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,368 $9,686 318 3.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 12,010 19.3% 18,946 27.5% 6,936 57.8 8.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 23,766 100.0% 24,057 100.0% 291 1.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 16,297 68.6% 16,939 70.4% 642 3.9 1.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 7,908 33.3% 8,346 34.7% 438 5.5 1.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 11,569 48.7% 10,280 42.7% -1,289 -11.1 -5.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,455 23.0% 5,379 22.4% -76 -1.4 -0.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,964 16.7% 5,558 23.1% 1,594 40.2 6.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,571 10.8% 4,049 16.8% 1,478 57.5 6.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 6,876 28.9% 6,248 26.0% -628 -9.1 -3.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.9 0.2 8.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 36,795 100.0% 40,209 100.0% 3,414 9.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 12,516 34.0% 12,445 31.0% -71 -0.6 -3.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,793 7.6% 3,915 9.7% 1,122 40.2 2.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 27,721 100.0% 30,174 100.0% 2,453 8.8 FEMALE................ 12,533 45.2% 13,993 46.4% 1,460 11.6 1.2 EMPLOYED.............. 25,782 93.0% 25,644 85.0% -138 -0.5 -8.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,678 13.3% 4,582 15.2% 904 24.6 1.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,133 11.3% 4,141 13.7% 1,008 32.2 2.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 25,992 100.0% 26,915 100.0% 923 3.6 OCCUPIED.............. 23,798 91.6% 24,270 90.2% 472 2.0 -1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,668 32.2% 7,776 32.0% 108 1.4 -0.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $66,172 $128,749 62,576 94.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 16,130 67.8% 16,494 68.0% 364 2.3 0.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $352 $559 207 58.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,565 21.4% 5,826 21.6% 261 4.7 0.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 28 0.1% 28 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1934.5 1943.0 8.5 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