Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Poplar Bluff city GEOCODE:29-3500 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 17,139 100.0% 16,996 100.0% -143 -0.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 14,439 84.2% 13,757 80.9% -682 -4.7 -3.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 359 2.1% 476 2.8% 117 32.6 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,806 92.2% 15,394 90.6% -412 -2.6 -1.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,158 6.8% 1,421 8.4% 263 22.7 1.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 163 1.0% 85 0.5% -78 -47.9 -0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 12 0.1% 56 0.3% 44 366.7 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 59 0.3% 122 0.7% 63 106.8 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,106 6.5% 1,222 7.2% 116 10.5 0.7 5-17.................. 3,389 19.8% 3,118 18.3% -271 -8.0 -1.4 18-24.................. 1,823 10.6% 1,469 8.6% -354 -19.4 -2.0 25-44.................. 3,923 22.9% 4,694 27.6% 771 19.7 4.7 45-64.................. 3,694 21.6% 3,145 18.5% -549 -14.9 -3.0 65 AND OVER............ 3,204 18.7% 3,348 19.7% 144 4.5 1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,495 26.2% 4,340 25.5% -155 -3.4 -0.7 40 AND OVER............ 7,706 45.0% 7,633 44.9% -73 -0.9 -0.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 34.7 35.9 1.2 3.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $16,434 $14,868 -1,566 -9.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $22,769 $19,744 -3,025 -13.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,438 $9,100 -338 -3.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,938 23.5% 4,434 26.8% 496 12.6 3.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,938 100.0% 7,056 100.0% 118 1.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,714 67.9% 4,598 65.2% -116 -2.5 -2.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,322 33.5% 2,203 31.2% -119 -5.1 -2.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,730 53.8% 3,334 47.3% -396 -10.6 -6.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,606 23.1% 1,451 20.6% -155 -9.7 -2.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 864 12.5% 1,078 15.3% 214 24.8 2.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 521 7.5% 656 9.3% 135 25.9 1.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,128 30.7% 2,198 31.2% 70 3.3 0.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -3.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,821 100.0% 11,187 100.0% 366 3.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,254 30.1% 3,237 28.9% -17 -0.5 -1.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,029 9.5% 1,320 11.8% 291 28.3 2.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,043 100.0% 7,134 100.0% 91 1.3 FEMALE................ 3,359 47.7% 3,546 49.7% 187 5.6 2.0 EMPLOYED.............. 6,371 90.5% 6,526 91.5% 155 2.4 1.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,392 19.8% 1,546 21.7% 154 11.1 1.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,292 18.3% 1,402 19.7% 110 8.5 1.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,587 100.0% 7,810 100.0% 223 2.9 OCCUPIED.............. 6,936 91.4% 7,077 90.6% 141 2.0 -0.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,183 60.3% 3,956 55.9% -227 -5.4 -4.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $47,000 $41,968 -5,032 -10.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,753 39.7% 3,121 44.1% 368 13.4 4.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $255 $247 -8 -3.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,926 78.1% 5,994 76.7% 68 1.1 -1.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 75 1.0% 54 0.7% -21 -28.0 -0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.0 1962.0 8.0 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