Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Hattiesburg city GEOCODE:28-0535 MS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 40,829 100.0% 41,891 100.0% 1,062 2.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 30,009 73.5% 29,187 69.7% -822 -2.7 -3.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,180 10.2% 4,380 10.5% 200 4.8 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 26,315 64.5% 24,396 58.2% -1,919 -7.3 -6.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 14,012 34.3% 16,914 40.4% 2,902 20.7 6.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 302 0.7% 469 1.1% 167 55.3 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 45 0.1% 43 0.1% -2 -4.4 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 697 1.7% 519 1.2% -178 -25.5 -0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,887 7.1% 2,964 7.1% 77 2.7 0.0 5-17.................. 7,209 17.7% 6,928 16.5% -281 -3.9 -1.1 18-24.................. 10,017 24.5% 9,463 22.6% -554 -5.5 -1.9 25-44.................. 9,388 23.0% 11,616 27.7% 2,228 23.7 4.7 45-64.................. 6,483 15.9% 5,631 13.4% -852 -13.1 -2.4 65 AND OVER............ 4,845 11.9% 5,289 12.6% 444 9.2 0.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 10,096 24.7% 9,892 23.6% -204 -2.0 -1.1 40 AND OVER............ 12,942 31.7% 12,897 30.8% -45 -0.3 -0.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.4 27.1 1.7 6.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $18,759 $15,576 -3,183 -17.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,581 $20,993 -4,588 -17.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,493 $10,013 520 5.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 9,083 24.8% 13,483 35.9% 4,400 48.4 11.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 14,543 100.0% 15,808 100.0% 1,265 8.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 9,283 63.8% 9,199 58.2% -84 -0.9 -5.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,726 32.5% 4,393 27.8% -333 -7.0 -4.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,958 47.8% 5,923 37.5% -1,035 -14.9 -10.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,158 21.7% 2,507 15.9% -651 -20.6 -5.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,079 14.3% 2,868 18.1% 789 38.0 3.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,235 8.5% 1,788 11.3% 553 44.8 2.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,233 29.1% 5,263 33.3% 1,030 24.3 4.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -5.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 20,716 100.0% 22,536 100.0% 1,820 8.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,528 26.7% 5,116 22.7% -412 -7.5 -4.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,984 24.1% 6,094 27.0% 1,110 22.3 3.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 17,476 100.0% 18,727 100.0% 1,251 7.2 FEMALE................ 8,427 48.2% 9,371 50.0% 944 11.2 1.8 EMPLOYED.............. 16,648 95.3% 16,896 90.2% 248 1.5 -5.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,750 27.2% 5,148 27.5% 398 8.4 0.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,573 14.7% 2,736 14.6% 163 6.3 -0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 16,000 100.0% 17,714 100.0% 1,714 10.7 OCCUPIED.............. 14,517 90.7% 15,941 90.0% 1,424 9.8 -0.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,008 55.2% 7,383 46.3% -625 -7.8 -8.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $64,740 $57,989 -6,752 -10.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,509 44.8% 8,558 53.7% 2,049 31.5 8.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $312 $304 -8 -2.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,249 64.1% 10,010 56.5% -239 -2.3 -7.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 537 3.4% 446 2.5% -91 -16.9 -0.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1958.4 1966.0 7.6 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