Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Yazoo City city GEOCODE:28-1480 MS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,418 100.0% 12,430 100.0% 12 0.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,038 88.9% 10,717 86.2% -321 -2.9 -2.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 263 2.1% 362 2.9% 99 37.6 0.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 6,360 51.2% 4,371 35.2% -1,989 -31.3 -16.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 6,040 48.6% 8,005 64.4% 1,965 32.5 15.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 5 0.0% 0 0.0% -5-100.0 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 13 0.1% 15 0.1% 2 15.4 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 82 0.7% 39 0.3% -43 -52.4 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,146 9.2% 1,136 9.1% -10 -0.9 -0.1 5-17.................. 2,957 23.8% 2,964 23.8% 7 0.2 0.0 18-24.................. 1,305 10.5% 1,201 9.7% -104 -8.0 -0.8 25-44.................. 2,775 22.3% 3,163 25.4% 388 14.0 3.1 45-64.................. 2,356 19.0% 1,985 16.0% -371 -15.7 -3.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,879 15.1% 1,981 15.9% 102 5.4 0.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,103 33.0% 4,100 33.0% -3 -0.1 -0.1 40 AND OVER............ 4,817 38.8% 4,581 36.9% -236 -4.9 -1.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.0 29.8 -0.3 -0.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $17,317 $12,573 -4,744 -27.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $21,690 $15,260 -6,430 -29.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,338 $7,399 -939 -11.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,242 34.9% 5,444 44.9% 1,202 28.3 10.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,248 100.0% 4,301 100.0% 53 1.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,208 75.5% 3,030 70.4% -178 -5.5 -5.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,578 37.1% 1,227 28.5% -351 -22.2 -8.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,392 56.3% 1,703 39.6% -689 -28.8 -16.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,261 29.7% 773 18.0% -488 -38.7 -11.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 716 16.9% 1,164 27.1% 448 62.6 10.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 358 8.4% 742 17.3% 384 107.3 8.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 977 23.0% 1,199 27.9% 222 22.7 4.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.8 -0.1 -1.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,010 100.0% 7,129 100.0% 119 1.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,702 24.3% 1,693 23.7% -9 -0.5 -0.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,092 15.6% 925 13.0% -167 -15.3 -2.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,791 100.0% 4,242 100.0% -549 -11.5 FEMALE................ 2,201 45.9% 2,143 50.5% -58 -2.6 4.6 EMPLOYED.............. 4,556 95.1% 3,761 88.7% -795 -17.4 -6.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,197 25.0% 753 17.8% -444 -37.1 -7.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 642 13.4% 647 15.3% 5 0.8 1.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,360 100.0% 4,650 100.0% 290 6.7 OCCUPIED.............. 4,181 95.9% 4,326 93.0% 145 3.5 -2.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,719 65.0% 2,563 59.2% -156 -5.7 -5.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $52,807 $41,648 -11,159 -21.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,462 35.0% 1,763 40.8% 301 20.6 5.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $225 $240 15 6.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,443 79.0% 3,506 75.4% 63 1.8 -3.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 97 2.2% 196 4.2% 99 102.1 2.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.8 1964.0 9.2 0.5 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