Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fergus Falls city GEOCODE:27-1275 MN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,519 100.0% 12,362 100.0% -157 -1.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,681 77.3% 9,372 75.8% -309 -3.2 -1.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,106 8.8% 731 5.9% -375 -33.9 -2.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,454 99.5% 12,095 97.8% -359 -2.9 -1.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 7 0.1% 18 0.1% 11 157.1 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 22 0.2% 164 1.3% 142 645.5 1.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 36 0.3% 68 0.6% 32 88.9 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 34 0.3% 50 0.4% 16 47.1 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 804 6.4% 830 6.7% 26 3.2 0.3 5-17.................. 2,174 17.4% 2,133 17.3% -41 -1.9 -0.1 18-24.................. 1,647 13.2% 1,135 9.2% -512 -31.1 -4.0 25-44.................. 3,019 24.1% 3,567 28.9% 548 18.2 4.7 45-64.................. 2,501 20.0% 2,051 16.6% -450 -18.0 -3.4 65 AND OVER............ 2,374 19.0% 2,646 21.4% 272 11.5 2.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,978 23.8% 2,963 24.0% -15 -0.5 0.2 40 AND OVER............ 5,462 43.6% 5,479 44.3% 18 0.3 0.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.7 36.3 2.5 7.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,660 $22,993 -1,667 -6.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,375 $29,963 -412 -1.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,326 $11,327 1 0.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 949 8.3% 1,728 14.9% 779 82.1 6.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,762 100.0% 5,095 100.0% 333 7.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,227 67.8% 3,088 60.6% -139 -4.3 -7.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,011 42.2% 1,854 36.4% -157 -7.8 -5.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,787 58.5% 2,536 49.8% -251 -9.0 -8.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,347 28.3% 1,162 22.8% -185 -13.7 -5.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 342 7.2% 493 9.7% 151 44.2 2.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 158 3.3% 363 7.1% 205 129.7 3.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,364 28.6% 1,798 35.3% 434 31.8 6.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -4.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,894 100.0% 8,264 100.0% 370 4.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,415 30.6% 2,408 29.1% -7 -0.3 -1.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,206 15.3% 1,557 18.8% 351 29.1 3.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,689 100.0% 5,762 100.0% 73 1.3 FEMALE................ 2,741 48.2% 2,813 48.8% 72 2.6 0.6 EMPLOYED.............. 5,428 95.4% 5,510 95.6% 82 1.5 0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,361 23.9% 1,527 26.5% 166 12.2 2.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,061 18.7% 1,107 19.2% 46 4.3 0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,914 100.0% 5,385 100.0% 471 9.6 OCCUPIED.............. 4,686 95.4% 5,080 94.3% 394 8.4 -1.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,070 65.5% 3,117 61.4% 47 1.5 -4.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $63,964 $49,097 -14,867 -23.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,616 34.5% 1,963 38.6% 347 21.5 4.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $347 $312 -35 -10.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,203 65.2% 3,345 62.1% 142 4.4 -3.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 102 2.1% 148 2.7% 46 45.1 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1947.8 1956.0 8.2 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