Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Meridian city GEOCODE:28-0805 MS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 46,577 100.0% 41,036 100.0% -5,541 -11.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 39,950 85.8% 33,692 82.1% -6,258 -15.7 -3.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 998 2.1% 1,229 3.0% 231 23.1 0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 28,903 62.1% 22,207 54.1% -6,696 -23.2 -7.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 17,376 37.3% 18,629 45.4% 1,253 7.2 8.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 177 0.4% 100 0.2% -77 -43.5 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 36 0.1% 46 0.1% 10 27.8 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 628 1.3% 141 0.3% -487 -77.5 -1.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,626 7.8% 3,098 7.5% -528 -14.6 -0.2 5-17.................. 9,966 21.4% 8,083 19.7% -1,883 -18.9 -1.7 18-24.................. 5,158 11.1% 4,029 9.8% -1,129 -21.9 -1.3 25-44.................. 11,379 24.4% 12,070 29.4% 691 6.1 5.0 45-64.................. 9,639 20.7% 7,009 17.1% -2,630 -27.3 -3.6 65 AND OVER............ 6,809 14.6% 6,747 16.4% -62 -0.9 1.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 13,592 29.2% 11,181 27.2% -2,411 -17.7 -1.9 40 AND OVER............ 18,662 40.1% 16,562 40.4% -2,100 -11.3 0.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.0 33.4 2.4 7.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,108 $18,004 -2,104 -10.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,556 $23,245 -3,311 -12.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,098 $10,670 572 5.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 10,374 22.8% 11,060 27.8% 686 6.6 5.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 17,341 100.0% 16,274 100.0% -1,067 -6.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 12,262 70.7% 10,802 66.4% -1,460 -11.9 -4.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,120 35.3% 5,123 31.5% -997 -16.3 -3.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 9,110 52.5% 7,017 43.1% -2,093 -23.0 -9.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,225 24.4% 3,116 19.1% -1,109 -26.2 -5.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,830 16.3% 3,218 19.8% 388 13.7 3.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,574 9.1% 1,955 12.0% 381 24.2 2.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,699 27.1% 4,957 30.5% 258 5.5 3.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -6.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 27,827 100.0% 25,826 100.0% -2,001 -7.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 8,544 30.7% 6,743 26.1% -1,801 -21.1 -4.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,496 12.6% 4,093 15.8% 597 17.1 3.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 19,860 100.0% 17,450 100.0% -2,410 -12.1 FEMALE................ 9,458 47.6% 8,830 50.6% -628 -6.6 3.0 EMPLOYED.............. 18,508 93.2% 15,769 90.4% -2,739 -14.8 -2.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,345 21.9% 3,919 22.5% -426 -9.8 0.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,223 16.2% 2,383 13.7% -840 -26.1 -2.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 18,486 100.0% 17,740 100.0% -746 -4.0 OCCUPIED.............. 17,379 94.0% 16,170 91.1% -1,209 -7.0 -2.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 10,349 59.5% 9,328 57.7% -1,021 -9.9 -1.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $58,439 $55,272 -3,168 -5.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 7,030 40.5% 6,842 42.3% -188 -2.7 1.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $252 $284 32 12.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 12,577 68.0% 12,097 68.2% -480 -3.8 0.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 283 1.5% 438 2.5% 155 54.8 0.9 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1953.9 1961.0 7.1 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