Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Independence city GEOCODE:29-2125 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 111,806 100.0% 112,301 100.0% 495 0.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 99,631 89.1% 95,548 85.1% -4,083 -4.1 -4.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 560 0.5% 1,060 0.9% 500 89.3 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 1,808 1.6% 845 0.8% -963 -53.3 -0.9 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 109,420 97.9% 108,291 96.4% -1,129 -1.0 -1.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 804 0.7% 1,575 1.4% 771 95.9 0.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 505 0.5% 770 0.7% 265 52.5 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 574 0.5% 719 0.6% 145 25.3 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,328 1.2% 2,168 1.9% 840 63.3 0.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 8,352 7.5% 7,971 7.1% -381 -4.6 -0.4 5-17.................. 22,175 19.8% 18,986 16.9% -3,189 -14.4 -2.9 18-24.................. 14,021 12.5% 10,602 9.4% -3,419 -24.4 -3.1 25-44.................. 31,448 28.1% 34,751 30.9% 3,303 10.5 2.8 45-64.................. 23,595 21.1% 23,849 21.2% 254 1.1 0.1 65 AND OVER............ 12,215 10.9% 16,142 14.4% 3,927 32.1 3.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 30,527 27.3% 26,957 24.0% -3,570 -11.7 -3.3 40 AND OVER............ 42,301 37.8% 47,060 41.9% 4,760 11.3 4.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.9 34.4 3.5 11.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $32,876 $28,242 -4,634 -14.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $37,667 $34,010 -3,657 -9.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,389 $13,208 -181 -1.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 7,310 6.6% 10,557 9.5% 3,247 44.4 2.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 42,375 100.0% 45,555 100.0% 3,180 7.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 32,084 75.7% 32,014 70.3% -70 -0.2 -5.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 18,583 43.9% 19,352 42.5% 769 4.1 -1.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 28,075 66.3% 25,982 57.0% -2,093 -7.5 -9.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 13,534 31.9% 10,869 23.9% -2,665 -19.7 -8.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,310 7.8% 4,865 10.7% 1,555 47.0 2.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,167 5.1% 2,802 6.2% 635 29.3 1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 9,184 21.7% 11,771 25.8% 2,587 28.2 4.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -7.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 67,258 100.0% 74,742 100.0% 7,484 11.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 30,215 44.9% 29,960 40.1% -255 -0.8 -4.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 7,812 11.6% 10,268 13.7% 2,456 31.4 2.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 56,722 100.0% 59,450 100.0% 2,728 4.8 FEMALE................ 24,577 43.3% 28,342 47.7% 3,765 15.3 4.3 EMPLOYED.............. 53,863 95.0% 56,201 94.5% 2,338 4.3 -0.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 9,806 17.3% 11,767 19.8% 1,961 20.0 2.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 5,973 10.5% 6,726 11.3% 753 12.6 0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 44,370 100.0% 48,262 100.0% 3,892 8.8 OCCUPIED.............. 42,429 95.6% 45,322 93.9% 2,893 6.8 -1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 29,786 70.2% 30,417 67.1% 631 2.1 -3.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $63,588 $60,301 -3,287 -5.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 12,643 29.8% 14,905 32.9% 2,262 17.9 3.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $358 $387 29 8.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 34,272 77.2% 35,726 74.0% 1,454 4.2 -3.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 830 1.9% 1,188 2.5% 358 43.1 0.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1959.1 1962.0 2.9 0.1 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