Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Kansas City city GEOCODE:29-2220 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 448,154 100.0% 435,141 100.0% -13,013 -2.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 366,726 81.8% 346,853 79.7% -19,873 -5.4 -2.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 8,273 1.8% 8,983 2.1% 710 8.6 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 2,087 0.5% 1,630 0.4% -457 -21.9 -0.1 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 313,835 70.0% 290,898 66.9% -22,937 -7.3 -3.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 122,336 27.3% 128,843 29.6% 6,507 5.3 2.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 3,591 0.8% 4,903 1.1% 1,312 36.5 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 2,115 0.5% 2,240 0.5% 125 5.9 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 14,643 3.3% 16,819 3.9% 2,176 14.9 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 31,891 7.1% 33,436 7.7% 1,545 4.8 0.6 5-17.................. 86,771 19.4% 74,213 17.1% -12,558 -14.5 -2.3 18-24.................. 60,195 13.4% 42,521 9.8% -17,674 -29.4 -3.7 25-44.................. 123,751 27.6% 148,667 34.2% 24,916 20.1 6.6 45-64.................. 90,482 20.2% 79,999 18.4% -10,483 -11.6 -1.8 65 AND OVER............ 55,064 12.3% 56,305 12.9% 1,241 2.3 0.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 118,662 26.5% 107,649 24.7% -11,013 -9.3 -1.7 40 AND OVER............ 168,540 37.6% 164,946 37.9% -3,594 -2.1 0.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.3 32.9 2.6 8.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,087 $26,713 -374 -1.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,218 $32,969 -1,249 -3.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,776 $13,799 1,023 8.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 57,965 13.2% 65,381 15.3% 7,416 12.8 2.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 175,501 100.0% 177,157 100.0% 1,656 0.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 113,081 64.4% 110,206 62.2% -2,875 -2.5 -2.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 63,856 36.4% 63,652 35.9% -204 -0.3 -0.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 86,578 49.3% 77,942 44.0% -8,636 -10.0 -5.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 39,822 22.7% 33,698 19.0% -6,124 -15.4 -3.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 21,891 12.5% 26,668 15.1% 4,777 21.8 2.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 13,511 7.7% 15,818 8.9% 2,307 17.1 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 53,829 30.7% 56,737 32.0% 2,908 5.4 1.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -4.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 269,297 100.0% 284,971 100.0% 15,674 5.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 96,306 35.8% 85,936 30.2% -10,370 -10.8 -5.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 44,658 16.6% 62,829 22.0% 18,171 40.7 5.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 225,451 100.0% 228,377 100.0% 2,926 1.3 FEMALE................ 104,385 46.3% 110,755 48.5% 6,370 6.1 2.2 EMPLOYED.............. 210,754 93.5% 211,817 92.7% 1,063 0.5 -0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 47,876 21.2% 56,218 24.6% 8,342 17.4 3.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 32,560 14.4% 32,018 14.0% -542 -1.7 -0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 191,800 100.0% 201,773 100.0% 9,973 5.2 OCCUPIED.............. 175,196 91.3% 177,601 88.0% 2,405 1.4 -3.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 101,452 57.9% 101,108 56.9% -344 -0.3 -1.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $63,949 $65,598 1,649 2.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 73,744 42.1% 76,493 43.1% 2,749 3.7 1.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $341 $404 63 18.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 121,358 63.3% 127,753 63.3% 6,395 5.3 0.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,821 0.9% 2,437 1.2% 616 33.8 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.0 1956.0 6.0 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