Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: St. Joseph city GEOCODE:29-3865 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 76,691 100.0% 71,852 100.0% -4,839 -6.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 64,727 84.4% 59,168 82.3% -5,559 -8.6 -2.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,276 3.0% 2,429 3.4% 153 6.7 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 73,226 95.5% 68,093 94.8% -5,133 -7.0 -0.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,703 3.5% 2,655 3.7% -48 -1.8 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 115 0.1% 178 0.2% 63 54.8 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 220 0.3% 259 0.4% 39 17.7 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,629 2.1% 1,368 1.9% -261 -16.0 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 5,688 7.4% 5,225 7.3% -463 -8.1 -0.1 5-17.................. 14,764 19.3% 13,492 18.8% -1,272 -8.6 -0.5 18-24.................. 9,983 13.0% 6,908 9.6% -3,075 -30.8 -3.4 25-44.................. 18,495 24.1% 20,949 29.2% 2,454 13.3 5.0 45-64.................. 15,606 20.3% 13,041 18.1% -2,565 -16.4 -2.2 65 AND OVER............ 12,155 15.8% 12,237 17.0% 82 0.7 1.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 20,452 26.7% 18,717 26.0% -1,735 -8.5 -0.6 40 AND OVER............ 31,432 41.0% 29,562 41.1% -1,870 -5.9 0.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.9 33.9 2.1 6.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,591 $22,303 -1,288 -5.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,740 $27,749 -1,991 -6.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,875 $11,044 169 1.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,800 11.8% 11,596 16.7% 2,796 31.8 4.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 29,027 100.0% 28,291 100.0% -736 -2.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 20,343 70.1% 19,155 67.7% -1,188 -5.8 -2.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 11,139 38.4% 10,246 36.2% -893 -8.0 -2.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 17,028 58.7% 14,933 52.8% -2,095 -12.3 -5.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 8,064 27.8% 6,792 24.0% -1,272 -15.8 -3.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,690 9.3% 3,449 12.2% 759 28.2 2.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,620 5.6% 2,144 7.6% 524 32.3 2.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 7,880 27.1% 8,244 29.1% 364 4.6 2.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -4.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 46,256 100.0% 46,227 100.0% -29 -0.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 17,832 38.6% 16,580 35.9% -1,252 -7.0 -2.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,016 10.8% 6,168 13.3% 1,152 23.0 2.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 34,556 100.0% 33,293 100.0% -1,263 -3.7 FEMALE................ 15,344 44.4% 15,486 46.5% 142 0.9 2.1 EMPLOYED.............. 31,891 92.3% 30,501 91.6% -1,390 -4.4 -0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 6,471 18.7% 6,357 19.1% -114 -1.8 0.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,947 14.3% 5,026 15.1% 79 1.6 0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 31,890 100.0% 31,276 100.0% -614 -1.9 OCCUPIED.............. 29,088 91.2% 28,411 90.8% -677 -2.3 -0.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 19,441 66.8% 18,698 65.8% -743 -3.8 -1.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $53,231 $46,812 -6,419 -12.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 9,647 33.2% 9,713 34.2% 66 0.7 1.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $285 $303 18 6.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 22,989 72.1% 22,556 72.1% -433 -1.9 0.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 808 2.5% 1,132 3.6% 324 40.1 1.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1939.0 1951.0 12.0 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