Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Laurel city GEOCODE:28-0655 MS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 21,897 100.0% 18,827 100.0% -3,070 -14.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 18,998 86.8% 15,951 84.7% -3,047 -16.0 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 315 1.4% 463 2.5% 148 47.0 1.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 13,220 60.4% 9,728 51.7% -3,492 -26.4 -8.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 8,661 39.6% 9,042 48.0% 381 4.4 8.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 16 0.1% 41 0.2% 25 156.3 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 16 0.1% 16 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 295 1.3% 84 0.4% -211 -71.5 -0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,786 8.2% 1,408 7.5% -378 -21.2 -0.7 5-17.................. 4,382 20.0% 3,781 20.1% -601 -13.7 0.1 18-24.................. 2,569 11.7% 1,640 8.7% -929 -36.2 -3.0 25-44.................. 5,008 22.9% 4,812 25.6% -196 -3.9 2.7 45-64.................. 4,678 21.4% 3,690 19.6% -988 -21.1 -1.8 65 AND OVER............ 3,474 15.9% 3,496 18.6% 22 0.6 2.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,168 28.2% 5,189 27.6% -979 -15.9 -0.6 40 AND OVER............ 9,138 41.7% 8,182 43.5% -956 -10.5 1.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.0 34.8 2.8 8.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $18,983 $16,997 -1,986 -10.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,348 $20,873 -4,475 -17.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,502 $11,208 706 6.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,214 24.2% 5,559 30.2% 345 6.6 6.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,240 100.0% 7,290 100.0% -950 -11.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,891 71.5% 5,004 68.6% -887 -15.1 -2.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,782 33.8% 2,115 29.0% -667 -24.0 -4.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,502 54.6% 3,378 46.3% -1,124 -25.0 -8.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,019 24.5% 1,273 17.5% -746 -36.9 -7.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,275 15.5% 1,450 19.9% 175 13.7 4.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 711 8.6% 835 11.5% 124 17.4 2.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,182 26.5% 2,167 29.7% -15 -0.7 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 13,160 100.0% 11,998 100.0% -1,162 -8.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,638 27.6% 2,750 22.9% -888 -24.4 -4.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,950 14.8% 2,177 18.1% 227 11.6 3.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,039 100.0% 7,259 100.0% -1,780 -19.7 FEMALE................ 3,996 44.2% 3,530 48.6% -466 -11.7 4.4 EMPLOYED.............. 8,502 94.1% 6,602 90.9% -1,900 -22.3 -3.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,012 22.3% 1,723 23.7% -289 -14.4 1.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,366 15.1% 1,180 16.3% -186 -13.6 1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,969 100.0% 8,381 100.0% -588 -6.6 OCCUPIED.............. 8,178 91.2% 7,267 86.7% -911 -11.1 -4.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,185 63.4% 4,422 60.9% -763 -14.7 -2.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $62,811 $50,308 -12,503 -19.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,993 36.6% 2,845 39.1% -148 -4.9 2.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $233 $256 23 9.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,946 77.4% 6,452 77.0% -494 -7.1 -0.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 121 1.3% 127 1.5% 6 5.0 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.5 1957.0 4.5 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