Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Columbus city GEOCODE:28-0265 MS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 27,383 100.0% 23,802 100.0% -3,581 -13.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 23,096 84.3% 19,610 82.4% -3,486 -15.1 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,432 5.2% 798 3.4% -634 -44.3 -1.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,022 54.9% 11,466 48.2% -3,556 -23.7 -6.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 12,144 44.3% 12,205 51.3% 61 0.5 6.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 137 0.5% 88 0.4% -49 -35.8 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 39 0.1% 26 0.1% -13 -33.3 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 167 0.6% 176 0.7% 9 5.4 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,170 7.9% 1,890 7.9% -280 -12.9 0.0 5-17.................. 6,218 22.7% 4,734 19.9% -1,484 -23.9 -2.8 18-24.................. 4,427 16.2% 3,106 13.0% -1,321 -29.8 -3.1 25-44.................. 6,600 24.1% 6,494 27.3% -106 -1.6 3.2 45-64.................. 4,763 17.4% 4,116 17.3% -647 -13.6 -0.1 65 AND OVER............ 3,205 11.7% 3,462 14.5% 257 8.0 2.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,388 30.6% 6,624 27.8% -1,764 -21.0 -2.8 40 AND OVER............ 9,259 33.8% 9,164 38.5% -95 -1.0 4.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.9 31.3 4.3 16.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,013 $19,030 17 0.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $23,664 $24,202 538 2.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,702 $10,188 1,486 17.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,894 26.5% 6,584 28.6% -310 -4.5 2.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,298 100.0% 9,104 100.0% -194 -2.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,734 72.4% 6,052 66.5% -682 -10.1 -5.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,465 37.3% 3,075 33.8% -390 -11.3 -3.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,899 52.7% 3,869 42.5% -1,030 -21.0 -10.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,526 27.2% 1,698 18.7% -828 -32.8 -8.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,607 17.3% 1,936 21.3% 329 20.5 4.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 918 9.9% 1,133 12.4% 215 23.4 2.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,315 24.9% 2,743 30.1% 428 18.5 5.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.5 -0.3 -9.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 14,568 100.0% 14,072 100.0% -496 -3.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,499 24.0% 3,483 24.8% -16 -0.5 0.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,469 16.9% 2,663 18.9% 194 7.9 2.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,637 100.0% 10,803 100.0% -834 -7.2 FEMALE................ 5,824 50.0% 5,538 51.3% -286 -4.9 1.2 EMPLOYED.............. 10,664 91.6% 9,793 90.7% -871 -8.2 -1.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,338 20.1% 2,197 20.3% -141 -6.0 0.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,631 14.0% 1,681 15.6% 50 3.1 1.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,863 100.0% 9,892 100.0% 29 0.3 OCCUPIED.............. 9,294 94.2% 9,137 92.4% -157 -1.7 -1.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,343 57.5% 4,821 52.8% -522 -9.8 -4.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $59,984 $48,974 -11,011 -18.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,951 42.5% 4,316 47.2% 365 9.2 4.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $281 $328 47 16.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,061 71.6% 6,601 66.7% -460 -6.5 -4.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 204 2.1% 234 2.4% 30 14.7 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1959.0 1964.0 5.0 0.3 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