Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Canton city GEOCODE:28-0190 MS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 11,116 100.0% 10,062 100.0% -1,054 -9.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,270 92.4% 8,973 89.2% -1,297 -12.6 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 67 0.6% 169 1.7% 102 152.2 1.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 3,811 34.3% 3,252 32.3% -559 -14.7 -2.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 7,286 65.5% 6,786 67.4% -500 -6.9 1.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 13 0.1% 6 0.1% -7 -53.8 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 18 0.2% 18 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 36 0.3% 6 0.1% -30 -83.3 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,014 9.1% 828 8.2% -186 -18.3 -0.9 5-17.................. 2,760 24.8% 2,302 22.9% -458 -16.6 -2.0 18-24.................. 1,346 12.1% 1,052 10.5% -294 -21.8 -1.7 25-44.................. 2,426 21.8% 2,642 26.3% 216 8.9 4.4 45-64.................. 1,964 17.7% 1,788 17.8% -176 -9.0 0.1 65 AND OVER............ 1,606 14.4% 1,450 14.4% -156 -9.7 -0.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,774 34.0% 3,130 31.1% -644 -17.1 -2.8 40 AND OVER............ 4,044 36.4% 3,808 37.8% -236 -5.8 1.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.7 30.1 2.4 8.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $17,268 $16,772 -496 -2.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $21,393 $18,779 -2,614 -12.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $7,640 $7,372 -268 -3.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,535 32.0% 3,425 34.6% -110 -3.1 2.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,548 100.0% 3,343 100.0% -205 -5.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,821 79.5% 2,484 74.3% -337 -11.9 -5.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,447 40.8% 1,182 35.4% -265 -18.3 -5.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,888 53.2% 1,314 39.3% -574 -30.4 -13.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 908 25.6% 591 17.7% -317 -34.9 -7.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 802 22.6% 1,087 32.5% 285 35.5 9.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 439 12.4% 583 17.4% 144 32.8 5.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 680 19.2% 809 24.2% 129 19.0 5.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.1 3.0 -0.2 -5.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 5,996 100.0% 5,880 100.0% -116 -1.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,316 21.9% 1,184 20.1% -132 -10.0 -1.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 863 14.4% 782 13.3% -81 -9.4 -1.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,465 100.0% 4,049 100.0% -416 -9.3 FEMALE................ 2,222 49.8% 1,963 48.5% -259 -11.7 -1.3 EMPLOYED.............. 4,086 91.5% 3,626 89.6% -460 -11.3 -2.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 783 17.5% 817 20.2% 34 4.3 2.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 506 11.3% 530 13.1% 24 4.7 1.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 3,731 100.0% 3,592 100.0% -139 -3.7 OCCUPIED.............. 3,521 94.4% 3,398 94.6% -123 -3.5 0.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,213 62.9% 2,185 64.3% -28 -1.3 1.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $51,402 $45,607 -5,796 -11.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,308 37.1% 1,213 35.7% -95 -7.3 -1.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $241 $285 44 18.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,077 82.5% 2,881 80.2% -196 -6.4 -2.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 73 2.0% 64 1.8% -9 -12.3 -0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1953.8 1963.0 9.2 0.5 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