Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Natchez city GEOCODE:28-0870 MS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 22,015 100.0% 19,460 100.0% -2,555 -11.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 19,296 87.6% 16,405 84.3% -2,891 -15.0 -3.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 361 1.6% 406 2.1% 45 12.5 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,498 47.7% 9,627 49.5% -871 -8.3 1.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 11,447 52.0% 9,802 50.4% -1,645 -14.4 -1.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 33 0.1% 12 0.1% -21 -63.6 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 31 0.1% 11 0.1% -20 -64.5 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 191 0.9% 66 0.3% -125 -65.4 -0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,696 7.7% 1,406 7.2% -290 -17.1 -0.5 5-17.................. 5,004 22.7% 3,963 20.4% -1,041 -20.8 -2.4 18-24.................. 2,619 11.9% 1,519 7.8% -1,100 -42.0 -4.1 25-44.................. 5,189 23.6% 5,464 28.1% 275 5.3 4.5 45-64.................. 4,457 20.2% 3,655 18.8% -802 -18.0 -1.5 65 AND OVER............ 3,050 13.9% 3,453 17.7% 403 13.2 3.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,700 30.4% 5,369 27.6% -1,331 -19.9 -2.8 40 AND OVER............ 8,487 38.6% 8,211 42.2% -276 -3.3 3.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.4 35.2 5.8 19.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $17,618 $16,769 -849 -4.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,237 $22,258 -1,979 -8.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,577 $10,387 810 8.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,437 29.7% 6,051 31.8% -386 -6.0 2.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,730 100.0% 7,668 100.0% -62 -0.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,525 71.5% 5,231 68.2% -294 -5.3 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,515 32.5% 2,198 28.7% -317 -12.6 -3.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,985 51.6% 3,422 44.6% -563 -14.1 -6.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,858 24.0% 1,438 18.8% -420 -22.6 -5.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,391 18.0% 1,639 21.4% 248 17.8 3.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 832 10.8% 932 12.2% 100 12.0 1.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,069 26.8% 2,288 29.8% 219 10.6 3.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.5 -0.3 -11.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 12,696 100.0% 12,572 100.0% -124 -1.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,566 28.1% 3,319 26.4% -247 -6.9 -1.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,073 16.3% 2,350 18.7% 277 13.4 2.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,956 100.0% 8,006 100.0% -950 -10.6 FEMALE................ 4,039 45.1% 4,018 50.2% -21 -0.5 5.1 EMPLOYED.............. 8,280 92.5% 7,011 87.6% -1,269 -15.3 -4.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,977 22.1% 2,203 27.5% 226 11.4 5.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,387 15.5% 1,088 13.6% -299 -21.6 -1.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,253 100.0% 8,660 100.0% 407 4.9 OCCUPIED.............. 7,818 94.7% 7,660 88.5% -158 -2.0 -6.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,884 62.5% 4,777 62.4% -107 -2.2 -0.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $60,596 $54,064 -6,532 -10.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,934 37.5% 2,883 37.6% -51 -1.7 0.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $228 $277 49 21.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,297 76.3% 6,623 76.5% 326 5.2 0.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 93 1.1% 157 1.8% 64 68.8 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1953.0 1957.0 4.0 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