Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Joplin city GEOCODE:29-2205 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 38,869 100.0% 40,956 100.0% 2,087 5.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 31,653 81.4% 32,124 78.4% 471 1.5 -3.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,253 3.2% 1,446 3.5% 193 15.4 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 37,534 96.6% 38,920 95.0% 1,386 3.7 -1.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 793 2.0% 817 2.0% 24 3.0 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 156 0.4% 337 0.8% 181 116.0 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 359 0.9% 808 2.0% 449 125.1 1.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 179 0.5% 300 0.7% 121 67.6 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,549 6.6% 2,926 7.1% 377 14.8 0.6 5-17.................. 6,877 17.7% 6,469 15.8% -408 -5.9 -1.9 18-24.................. 5,678 14.6% 4,692 11.5% -986 -17.4 -3.2 25-44.................. 9,532 24.5% 12,232 29.9% 2,700 28.3 5.3 45-64.................. 8,058 20.7% 7,582 18.5% -476 -5.9 -2.2 65 AND OVER............ 6,175 15.9% 7,055 17.2% 880 14.3 1.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,426 24.3% 9,395 22.9% -31 -0.3 -1.3 40 AND OVER............ 16,099 41.4% 17,120 41.8% 1,021 6.3 0.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.1 34.3 2.1 6.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,067 $19,420 -647 -3.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,517 $25,165 -1,352 -5.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,716 $11,296 580 5.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,614 15.0% 6,708 17.0% 1,094 19.5 2.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 16,012 100.0% 17,559 100.0% 1,547 9.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,596 66.2% 11,048 62.9% 452 4.3 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,379 33.6% 5,670 32.3% 291 5.4 -1.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 8,825 55.1% 8,695 49.5% -130 -1.5 -5.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,853 24.1% 3,776 21.5% -77 -2.0 -2.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,466 9.2% 1,958 11.2% 492 33.6 2.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 872 5.4% 1,170 6.7% 298 34.2 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,969 31.0% 5,759 32.8% 790 15.9 1.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.3 2.3 -0.1 -4.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 23,765 100.0% 26,869 100.0% 3,104 13.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 8,484 35.7% 8,009 29.8% -475 -5.6 -5.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,169 13.3% 4,431 16.5% 1,262 39.8 3.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 17,940 100.0% 19,719 100.0% 1,779 9.9 FEMALE................ 7,910 44.1% 8,920 45.2% 1,010 12.8 1.1 EMPLOYED.............. 16,681 93.0% 18,536 94.0% 1,855 11.1 1.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,808 21.2% 4,278 21.7% 470 12.3 0.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,480 13.8% 2,915 14.8% 435 17.5 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 17,338 100.0% 19,359 100.0% 2,021 11.7 OCCUPIED.............. 16,025 92.4% 17,469 90.2% 1,444 9.0 -2.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 10,263 64.0% 10,556 60.4% 293 2.9 -3.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $49,037 $49,372 335 0.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,762 36.0% 6,913 39.6% 1,151 20.0 3.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $276 $317 41 14.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 13,748 79.3% 14,625 75.5% 877 6.4 -3.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 199 1.1% 334 1.7% 135 67.8 0.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1946.1 1957.0 10.9 0.6 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