Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Mexico city GEOCODE:29-2785 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,276 100.0% 11,305 100.0% -971 -7.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,277 83.7% 9,192 81.3% -1,085 -10.6 -2.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 542 4.4% 481 4.3% -61 -11.3 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,129 90.7% 10,186 90.1% -943 -8.5 -0.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,106 9.0% 1,064 9.4% -42 -3.8 0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 17 0.1% 27 0.2% 10 58.8 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 28 0.2% 28 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 228 1.9% 52 0.5% -176 -77.2 -1.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 859 7.0% 723 6.4% -136 -15.8 -0.6 5-17.................. 2,498 20.3% 2,094 18.5% -404 -16.2 -1.8 18-24.................. 1,306 10.6% 785 6.9% -521 -39.9 -3.7 25-44.................. 2,841 23.1% 3,130 27.7% 289 10.2 4.5 45-64.................. 2,596 21.1% 2,045 18.1% -551 -21.2 -3.1 65 AND OVER............ 2,176 17.7% 2,528 22.4% 352 16.2 4.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,357 27.3% 2,817 24.9% -540 -16.1 -2.4 40 AND OVER............ 5,315 43.3% 5,347 47.3% 32 0.6 4.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.3 38.1 4.9 14.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,750 $23,744 -2,006 -7.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,835 $29,171 -2,664 -8.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,177 $12,249 1,072 9.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,221 10.4% 1,560 14.4% 339 27.8 4.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,756 100.0% 4,598 100.0% -158 -3.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,364 70.7% 3,130 68.1% -234 -7.0 -2.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,876 39.4% 1,700 37.0% -176 -9.4 -2.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,848 59.9% 2,539 55.2% -309 -10.8 -4.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,304 27.4% 1,150 25.0% -154 -11.8 -2.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 402 8.5% 478 10.4% 76 18.9 1.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 249 5.2% 312 6.8% 63 25.3 1.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,338 28.1% 1,350 29.4% 12 0.9 1.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -4.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,613 100.0% 7,703 100.0% 90 1.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,927 38.4% 2,947 38.3% 20 0.7 -0.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 913 12.0% 1,073 13.9% 160 17.5 1.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,461 100.0% 5,107 100.0% -354 -6.5 FEMALE................ 2,420 44.3% 2,440 47.8% 20 0.8 3.5 EMPLOYED.............. 5,161 94.5% 4,878 95.5% -283 -5.5 1.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,090 20.0% 1,196 23.4% 106 9.7 3.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 704 12.9% 762 14.9% 58 8.2 2.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,114 100.0% 5,023 100.0% -91 -1.8 OCCUPIED.............. 4,773 93.3% 4,592 91.4% -181 -3.8 -1.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,456 72.4% 3,114 67.8% -342 -9.9 -4.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $54,578 $44,920 -9,658 -17.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,317 27.6% 1,478 32.2% 161 12.2 4.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $270 $285 15 5.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,043 79.1% 4,011 79.9% -32 -0.8 0.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 98 1.9% 82 1.6% -16 -16.3 -0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.5 1958.0 7.5 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