Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Carthage city GEOCODE:29-0720 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 11,104 100.0% 10,747 100.0% -357 -3.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,161 82.5% 8,649 80.5% -512 -5.6 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 514 4.6% 570 5.3% 56 10.9 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,692 96.3% 10,236 95.2% -456 -4.3 -1.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 226 2.0% 224 2.1% -2 -0.9 0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 134 1.2% 178 1.7% 44 32.8 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 52 0.5% 103 1.0% 51 98.1 0.5 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 6 0.1% 29 0.3% 23 383.3 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 789 7.1% 631 5.9% -158 -20.0 -1.2 5-17.................. 2,075 18.7% 1,912 17.8% -163 -7.9 -0.9 18-24.................. 1,171 10.5% 910 8.5% -261 -22.3 -2.1 25-44.................. 2,527 22.8% 3,024 28.1% 497 19.7 5.4 45-64.................. 2,339 21.1% 1,981 18.4% -358 -15.3 -2.6 65 AND OVER............ 2,203 19.8% 2,289 21.3% 86 3.9 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,864 25.8% 2,543 23.7% -321 -11.2 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 5,044 45.4% 4,971 46.3% -73 -1.4 0.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 34.9 36.9 2.0 5.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,096 $20,196 -900 -4.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,663 $24,743 -2,920 -10.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,006 $10,873 -133 -1.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,458 13.7% 1,244 12.0% -214 -14.7 -1.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,391 100.0% 4,317 100.0% -74 -1.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,049 69.4% 2,889 66.9% -160 -5.2 -2.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,575 35.9% 1,544 35.8% -31 -2.0 -0.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,539 57.8% 2,383 55.2% -156 -6.1 -2.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,148 26.1% 1,005 23.3% -143 -12.5 -2.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 424 9.7% 372 8.6% -52 -12.3 -1.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 239 5.4% 218 5.0% -21 -8.8 -0.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,267 28.9% 1,339 31.0% 72 5.7 2.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.4 -0.1 -2.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,069 100.0% 7,294 100.0% 225 3.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,749 38.9% 2,517 34.5% -232 -8.4 -4.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 685 9.7% 897 12.3% 212 30.9 2.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,586 100.0% 4,795 100.0% 209 4.6 FEMALE................ 1,859 40.5% 2,112 44.0% 253 13.6 3.5 EMPLOYED.............. 4,222 92.1% 4,535 94.6% 313 7.4 2.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 789 17.2% 896 18.7% 107 13.6 1.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 621 13.5% 609 12.7% -12 -1.9 -0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,716 100.0% 4,712 100.0% -4 -0.1 OCCUPIED.............. 4,379 92.9% 4,303 91.3% -76 -1.7 -1.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,128 71.4% 3,068 71.3% -60 -1.9 -0.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $48,177 $40,127 -8,050 -16.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,251 28.6% 1,235 28.7% -16 -1.3 0.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $254 $289 35 13.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,905 82.8% 3,952 83.9% 47 1.2 1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 35 0.7% 18 0.4% -17 -48.6 -0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1939.5 1949.0 9.5 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