Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Tupelo city GEOCODE:28-1345 MS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 23,905 100.0% 30,685 100.0% 6,780 28.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 21,300 89.1% 26,365 85.9% 5,065 23.8 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 290 1.2% 709 2.3% 419 144.5 1.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 257 0.8% 257 0.8 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 19,417 81.2% 23,077 75.2% 3,660 18.8 -6.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 4,327 18.1% 7,441 24.2% 3,114 72.0 6.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 74 0.3% 117 0.4% 43 58.1 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 7 0.0% 13 0.0% 6 85.7 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 168 0.7% 106 0.3% -62 -36.9 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,874 7.8% 2,439 7.9% 565 30.1 0.1 5-17.................. 5,107 21.4% 6,142 20.0% 1,035 20.3 -1.3 18-24.................. 2,740 11.5% 2,655 8.7% -85 -3.1 -2.8 25-44.................. 7,068 29.6% 9,855 32.1% 2,787 39.4 2.5 45-64.................. 4,419 18.5% 5,857 19.1% 1,438 32.5 0.6 65 AND OVER............ 2,697 11.3% 3,737 12.2% 1,040 38.6 0.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,981 29.2% 8,581 28.0% 1,600 22.9 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 8,539 35.7% 11,646 38.0% 3,107 36.4 2.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.1 32.8 2.7 8.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,555 $27,871 2,316 9.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,319 $34,441 4,122 13.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,614 $14,083 2,469 21.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,293 13.9% 3,777 12.6% 484 14.7 -1.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,860 100.0% 11,659 100.0% 2,799 31.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,723 75.9% 8,345 71.6% 1,622 24.1 -4.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,974 44.9% 5,359 46.0% 1,385 34.9 1.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,461 61.6% 6,628 56.8% 1,167 21.4 -4.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,799 31.6% 3,335 28.6% 536 19.1 -3.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,146 12.9% 1,483 12.7% 337 29.4 -0.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 749 8.5% 885 7.6% 136 18.2 -0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,990 22.5% 3,034 26.0% 1,044 52.5 3.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -3.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 14,184 100.0% 19,449 100.0% 5,265 37.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,638 32.7% 4,936 25.4% 298 6.4 -7.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,706 19.1% 4,256 21.9% 1,550 57.3 2.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 12,098 100.0% 15,704 100.0% 3,606 29.8 FEMALE................ 5,777 47.8% 7,468 47.6% 1,691 29.3 -0.2 EMPLOYED.............. 11,423 94.4% 14,994 95.5% 3,571 31.3 1.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,900 24.0% 4,253 27.1% 1,353 46.7 3.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,298 10.7% 1,442 9.2% 144 11.1 -1.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,424 100.0% 12,335 100.0% 2,911 30.9 OCCUPIED.............. 8,925 94.7% 11,705 94.9% 2,780 31.1 0.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,415 60.7% 7,149 61.1% 1,734 32.0 0.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $76,201 $74,660 -1,541 -2.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,510 39.3% 4,556 38.9% 1,046 29.8 -0.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $311 $337 26 8.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,379 67.7% 8,485 68.8% 2,106 33.0 1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 121 1.3% 152 1.2% 31 25.6 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.9 1969.0 6.1 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