Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fairmont city GEOCODE:27-1240 MN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 11,506 100.0% 11,265 100.0% -241 -2.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,557 83.1% 9,198 81.7% -359 -3.8 -1.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 212 1.8% 264 2.3% 52 24.5 0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,397 99.1% 11,074 98.3% -323 -2.8 -0.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 6 0.1% 27 0.2% 21 350.0 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 94 0.8% 69 0.6% -25 -26.6 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 4 0.0% 54 0.5% 501250.0 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 47 0.4% 60 0.5% 13 27.7 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 845 7.3% 794 7.0% -51 -6.0 -0.3 5-17.................. 2,159 18.8% 2,106 18.7% -53 -2.5 -0.1 18-24.................. 1,346 11.7% 675 6.0% -671 -49.9 -5.7 25-44.................. 2,880 25.0% 3,298 29.3% 418 14.5 4.2 45-64.................. 2,254 19.6% 2,062 18.3% -192 -8.5 -1.3 65 AND OVER............ 2,022 17.6% 2,330 20.7% 308 15.2 3.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,004 26.1% 2,900 25.7% -104 -3.5 -0.4 40 AND OVER............ 4,848 42.1% 5,305 47.1% 458 9.4 5.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.8 37.8 5.0 15.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,647 $24,091 -2,556 -9.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,501 $30,546 -2,955 -8.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,836 $12,032 -804 -6.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 864 7.7% 1,204 11.0% 340 39.4 3.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,618 100.0% 4,730 100.0% 112 2.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,133 67.8% 3,117 65.9% -16 -0.5 -1.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,947 42.2% 1,901 40.2% -46 -2.4 -2.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,787 60.4% 2,636 55.7% -151 -5.4 -4.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,378 29.8% 1,170 24.7% -208 -15.1 -5.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 275 6.0% 384 8.1% 109 39.6 2.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 186 4.0% 260 5.5% 74 39.8 1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,300 28.2% 1,464 31.0% 164 12.6 2.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -4.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,156 100.0% 7,690 100.0% 534 7.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,842 39.7% 2,799 36.4% -43 -1.5 -3.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 856 12.0% 1,228 16.0% 372 43.5 4.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,829 100.0% 5,441 100.0% -388 -6.7 FEMALE................ 2,668 45.8% 2,543 46.7% -125 -4.7 1.0 EMPLOYED.............. 5,538 95.0% 5,187 95.3% -351 -6.3 0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,257 21.6% 1,258 23.1% 1 0.1 1.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 798 13.7% 909 16.7% 111 13.9 3.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,753 100.0% 4,989 100.0% 236 5.0 OCCUPIED.............. 4,615 97.1% 4,717 94.5% 102 2.2 -2.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,264 70.7% 3,409 72.3% 145 4.4 1.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $72,701 $53,506 -19,196 -26.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,351 29.3% 1,308 27.7% -43 -3.2 -1.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $281 $268 -13 -4.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,399 71.5% 3,652 73.2% 253 7.4 1.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 112 2.4% 88 1.8% -24 -21.4 -0.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1948.3 1953.0 4.7 0.2 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