Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Lowell city GEOCODE:25-2180 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 92,418 100.0% 103,439 100.0% 11,021 11.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 77,092 83.4% 83,883 81.1% 6,791 8.8 -2.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,558 3.8% 4,090 4.0% 532 15.0 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 89,089 96.4% 84,029 81.2% -5,060 -5.7 -15.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,172 1.3% 2,293 2.2% 1,121 95.6 0.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 486 0.5% 11,549 11.2% 11,0632276.3 10.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 124 0.1% 137 0.1% 13 10.5 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 4,536 4.9% 10,089 9.8% 5,553 122.4 4.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 6,844 7.4% 8,881 8.6% 2,037 29.8 1.2 5-17.................. 18,716 20.3% 18,250 17.6% -466 -2.5 -2.6 18-24.................. 15,076 16.3% 14,572 14.1% -504 -3.3 -2.2 25-44.................. 21,886 23.7% 33,809 32.7% 11,923 54.5 9.0 45-64.................. 17,888 19.4% 15,367 14.9% -2,521 -14.1 -4.5 65 AND OVER............ 12,008 13.0% 12,560 12.1% 552 4.6 -0.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 25,560 27.7% 27,131 26.2% 1,571 6.1 -1.4 40 AND OVER............ 33,948 36.7% 33,596 32.5% -352 -1.0 -4.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.5 29.2 0.7 2.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,621 $29,351 4,730 19.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,645 $35,138 4,493 14.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,275 $12,701 2,426 23.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 12,056 13.5% 17,900 18.0% 5,844 48.5 4.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 32,668 100.0% 36,930 100.0% 4,262 13.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 22,566 69.1% 24,561 66.5% 1,995 8.8 -2.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 12,178 37.3% 14,238 38.6% 2,060 16.9 1.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 16,550 50.7% 16,635 45.0% 85 0.5 -5.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 8,647 26.5% 8,376 22.7% -271 -3.1 -3.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 5,007 15.3% 6,269 17.0% 1,262 25.2 1.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 3,006 9.2% 3,918 10.6% 912 30.3 1.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 8,793 26.9% 10,008 27.1% 1,215 13.8 0.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.7 -0.0 -1.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 51,782 100.0% 61,736 100.0% 9,954 19.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 18,056 34.9% 18,720 30.3% 664 3.7 -4.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,403 10.4% 9,576 15.5% 4,173 77.2 5.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 43,699 100.0% 51,419 100.0% 7,720 17.7 FEMALE................ 19,545 44.7% 23,333 45.4% 3,788 19.4 0.7 EMPLOYED.............. 41,621 95.2% 45,912 89.3% 4,291 10.3 -6.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 6,921 15.8% 10,515 20.4% 3,594 51.9 4.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 5,587 12.8% 6,806 13.2% 1,219 21.8 0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 34,855 100.0% 40,302 100.0% 5,447 15.6 OCCUPIED.............. 32,691 93.8% 37,019 91.9% 4,328 13.2 -1.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 13,801 42.2% 15,508 41.9% 1,707 12.4 -0.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $68,015 $136,824 68,809 101.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 18,890 57.8% 21,511 58.1% 2,621 13.9 0.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $382 $561 179 46.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 13,377 38.4% 12,978 32.2% -399 -3.0 -6.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 6 0.0% 14 0.0% 8 133.3 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1935.9 1944.0 8.1 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