Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Moss Point city GEOCODE:28-0850 MS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,998 100.0% 17,837 100.0% -1,161 -6.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 17,672 93.0% 16,285 91.3% -1,387 -7.8 -1.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 98 0.5% 89 0.5% -9 -9.2 -0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 23 0.1% 23 0.1 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 6,528 34.4% 6,102 34.2% -426 -6.5 -0.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 12,437 65.5% 11,667 65.4% -770 -6.2 -0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 13 0.1% 31 0.2% 18 138.5 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 32 0.2% 32 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 153 0.8% 98 0.5% -55 -35.9 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,880 9.9% 1,220 6.8% -660 -35.1 -3.1 5-17.................. 5,264 27.7% 4,282 24.0% -982 -18.7 -3.7 18-24.................. 2,358 12.4% 1,744 9.8% -614 -26.0 -2.6 25-44.................. 4,928 25.9% 5,007 28.1% 79 1.6 2.1 45-64.................. 3,234 17.0% 3,567 20.0% 333 10.3 3.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,334 7.0% 2,017 11.3% 683 51.2 4.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,144 37.6% 5,502 30.8% -1,642 -23.0 -6.8 40 AND OVER............ 5,613 29.5% 6,828 38.3% 1,216 21.7 8.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.0 32.3 7.3 29.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,147 $21,201 -5,946 -21.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,745 $24,645 -5,100 -17.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,001 $8,809 -192 -2.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,037 16.1% 4,022 22.7% 985 32.4 6.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,633 100.0% 5,948 100.0% 315 5.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,603 81.7% 4,663 78.4% 60 1.3 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,510 44.6% 2,302 38.7% -208 -8.3 -5.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,539 62.8% 3,207 53.9% -332 -9.4 -8.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,001 35.5% 1,525 25.6% -476 -23.8 -9.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 829 14.7% 1,128 19.0% 299 36.1 4.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 536 9.5% 631 10.6% 95 17.7 1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 929 16.5% 1,173 19.7% 244 26.3 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.4 3.0 -0.4 -11.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,496 100.0% 10,591 100.0% 1,095 11.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,357 35.4% 3,472 32.8% 115 3.4 -2.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 802 8.4% 1,104 10.4% 302 37.7 2.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,152 100.0% 7,703 100.0% -449 -5.5 FEMALE................ 3,618 44.4% 3,593 46.6% -25 -0.7 2.3 EMPLOYED.............. 7,005 85.9% 6,480 84.1% -525 -7.5 -1.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,189 14.6% 1,137 14.8% -52 -4.4 0.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 932 11.4% 1,214 15.8% 282 30.3 4.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,213 100.0% 6,605 100.0% 392 6.3 OCCUPIED.............. 5,651 91.0% 5,982 90.6% 331 5.9 -0.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,353 77.0% 4,630 77.4% 277 6.4 0.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $52,235 $48,364 -3,872 -7.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,298 23.0% 1,352 22.6% 54 4.2 -0.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $322 $300 -22 -6.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,405 87.0% 5,831 88.3% 426 7.9 1.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 134 2.2% 214 3.2% 80 59.7 1.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1961.8 1964.0 2.2 0.1 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