Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Starkville city GEOCODE:28-1250 MS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 15,169 100.0% 18,458 100.0% 3,289 21.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,597 76.5% 12,886 69.8% 1,289 11.1 -6.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 654 4.3% 874 4.7% 220 33.6 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,109 73.2% 12,873 69.7% 1,764 15.9 -3.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,823 25.2% 4,943 26.8% 1,120 29.3 1.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 194 1.3% 582 3.2% 388 200.0 1.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 12 0.1% 14 0.1% 2 16.7 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 204 1.3% 179 1.0% -25 -12.3 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,158 7.6% 1,162 6.3% 4 0.3 -1.3 5-17.................. 2,661 17.5% 3,018 16.4% 357 13.4 -1.2 18-24.................. 4,095 27.0% 4,739 25.7% 644 15.7 -1.3 25-44.................. 3,868 25.5% 5,351 29.0% 1,483 38.3 3.5 45-64.................. 2,032 13.4% 2,485 13.5% 453 22.3 0.1 65 AND OVER............ 1,355 8.9% 1,703 9.2% 348 25.7 0.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,819 25.2% 4,180 22.6% 361 9.5 -2.5 40 AND OVER............ 4,060 26.8% 5,104 27.7% 1,044 25.7 0.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 24.4 25.8 1.4 5.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $18,908 $16,749 -2,159 -11.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,842 $28,109 2,267 8.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,633 $10,198 565 5.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,806 26.2% 5,935 33.5% 2,129 55.9 7.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,553 100.0% 7,362 100.0% 1,809 32.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,601 64.8% 4,221 57.3% 620 17.2 -7.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,083 37.5% 2,394 32.5% 311 14.9 -5.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,820 50.8% 2,939 39.9% 119 4.2 -10.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,440 25.9% 1,447 19.7% 7 0.5 -6.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 660 11.9% 1,053 14.3% 393 59.5 2.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 395 7.1% 740 10.1% 345 87.3 2.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,323 23.8% 2,109 28.6% 786 59.4 4.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -8.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,255 100.0% 9,539 100.0% 2,284 31.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,458 20.1% 1,504 15.8% 46 3.2 -4.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,668 36.8% 3,931 41.2% 1,263 47.3 4.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,772 100.0% 8,840 100.0% 2,068 30.5 FEMALE................ 3,034 44.8% 4,169 47.2% 1,135 37.4 2.4 EMPLOYED.............. 6,344 93.7% 8,247 93.3% 1,903 30.0 -0.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,054 30.3% 3,018 34.1% 964 46.9 3.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 672 9.9% 1,054 11.9% 382 56.8 2.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,903 100.0% 7,760 100.0% 1,857 31.5 OCCUPIED.............. 5,520 93.5% 7,329 94.4% 1,809 32.8 0.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,725 49.4% 3,149 43.0% 424 15.6 -6.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $76,783 $66,747 -10,036 -13.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,795 50.6% 4,180 57.0% 1,385 49.6 6.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $301 $332 31 10.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,284 55.6% 3,796 48.9% 512 15.6 -6.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 430 7.3% 385 5.0% -45 -10.5 -2.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1966.3 1973.0 6.7 0.3 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