Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Liberty city GEOCODE:29-2475 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 16,217 100.0% 20,363 100.0% 4,146 25.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,575 83.7% 16,883 82.9% 3,308 24.4 -0.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,317 8.1% 1,346 6.6% 29 2.2 -1.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 457 2.8% 360 1.8% -97 -21.2 -1.1 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,656 96.5% 19,611 96.3% 3,955 25.3 -0.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 450 2.8% 560 2.8% 110 24.4 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 40 0.2% 67 0.3% 27 67.5 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 40 0.2% 52 0.3% 12 30.0 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 160 1.0% 333 1.6% 173 108.1 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,166 7.2% 1,611 7.9% 445 38.2 0.7 5-17.................. 3,271 20.2% 3,807 18.7% 536 16.4 -1.5 18-24.................. 2,789 17.2% 2,746 13.5% -43 -1.5 -3.7 25-44.................. 4,640 28.6% 6,595 32.4% 1,955 42.1 3.8 45-64.................. 2,942 18.1% 3,617 17.8% 675 22.9 -0.4 65 AND OVER............ 1,409 8.7% 1,987 9.8% 578 41.0 1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,437 27.4% 5,418 26.6% 981 22.1 -0.8 40 AND OVER............ 5,292 32.6% 7,062 34.7% 1,770 33.4 2.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.9 31.5 3.5 12.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $36,601 $36,388 -213 -0.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $41,018 $41,268 250 0.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,977 $15,873 1,896 13.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 658 4.4% 992 5.2% 334 50.8 0.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,442 100.0% 7,156 100.0% 1,714 31.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,274 78.5% 5,320 74.3% 1,046 24.5 -4.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,808 51.6% 3,582 50.1% 774 27.6 -1.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,666 67.4% 4,596 64.2% 930 25.4 -3.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,925 35.4% 2,317 32.4% 392 20.4 -3.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 504 9.3% 543 7.6% 39 7.7 -1.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 338 6.2% 381 5.3% 43 12.7 -0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,029 18.9% 1,591 22.2% 562 54.6 3.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.7 -0.1 -2.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,991 100.0% 12,199 100.0% 3,208 35.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,588 39.9% 4,078 33.4% 490 13.7 -6.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,879 20.9% 3,113 25.5% 1,234 65.7 4.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,620 100.0% 10,938 100.0% 2,318 26.9 FEMALE................ 3,900 45.2% 5,052 46.2% 1,152 29.5 0.9 EMPLOYED.............. 8,185 95.0% 10,523 96.2% 2,338 28.6 1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,039 23.7% 3,078 28.1% 1,039 51.0 4.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 887 10.3% 1,337 12.2% 450 50.7 1.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,762 100.0% 7,661 100.0% 1,899 33.0 OCCUPIED.............. 5,478 95.1% 7,194 93.9% 1,716 31.3 -1.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,825 69.8% 4,934 68.6% 1,109 29.0 -1.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $84,538 $86,059 1,521 1.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,653 30.2% 2,260 31.4% 607 36.7 1.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $374 $418 44 11.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,094 71.1% 5,427 70.8% 1,333 32.6 -0.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 253 4.4% 362 4.7% 109 43.1 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.2 1970.0 7.8 0.4 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