Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Sikeston city GEOCODE:29-4000 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 17,421 100.0% 17,642 100.0% 221 1.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 15,438 88.6% 15,300 86.7% -138 -0.9 -1.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 309 1.8% 342 1.9% 33 10.7 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,169 87.1% 14,595 82.7% -574 -3.8 -4.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,210 12.7% 2,926 16.6% 716 32.4 3.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 36 0.2% 27 0.2% -9 -25.0 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 6 0.0% 50 0.3% 44 733.3 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 52 0.3% 90 0.5% 38 73.1 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,515 8.7% 1,434 8.1% -81 -5.3 -0.6 5-17.................. 3,817 21.9% 3,602 20.4% -215 -5.6 -1.5 18-24.................. 1,961 11.3% 1,510 8.6% -451 -23.0 -2.7 25-44.................. 4,606 26.4% 5,325 30.2% 719 15.6 3.7 45-64.................. 3,278 18.8% 3,133 17.8% -145 -4.4 -1.1 65 AND OVER............ 2,244 12.9% 2,638 15.0% 394 17.6 2.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,332 30.6% 5,036 28.5% -296 -5.6 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 6,477 37.2% 6,924 39.2% 448 6.9 2.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.0 33.3 3.3 11.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,242 $20,181 -1,061 -5.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,447 $25,622 -825 -3.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,166 $10,667 501 4.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,940 17.2% 3,705 21.5% 765 26.0 4.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,342 100.0% 6,801 100.0% 459 7.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,777 75.3% 4,931 72.5% 154 3.2 -2.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,512 39.6% 2,643 38.9% 131 5.2 -0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,858 60.8% 3,840 56.5% -18 -0.5 -4.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,964 31.0% 1,884 27.7% -80 -4.1 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 831 13.1% 969 14.2% 138 16.6 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 584 9.2% 595 8.7% 11 1.9 -0.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,479 23.3% 1,771 26.0% 292 19.7 2.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -5.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,128 100.0% 11,096 100.0% 968 9.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,360 33.2% 3,885 35.0% 525 15.6 1.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,224 12.1% 1,526 13.8% 302 24.7 1.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,581 100.0% 8,007 100.0% 426 5.6 FEMALE................ 3,361 44.3% 3,838 47.9% 477 14.2 3.6 EMPLOYED.............. 7,042 92.9% 7,369 92.0% 327 4.6 -0.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,548 20.4% 1,917 23.9% 369 23.8 3.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,031 13.6% 1,212 15.1% 181 17.6 1.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,818 100.0% 7,317 100.0% 499 7.3 OCCUPIED.............. 6,345 93.1% 6,786 92.7% 441 7.0 -0.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,999 63.0% 4,000 58.9% 1 0.0 -4.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $62,014 $57,128 -4,885 -7.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,346 37.0% 2,786 41.1% 440 18.8 4.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $293 $319 26 8.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,200 76.3% 5,394 73.7% 194 3.7 -2.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 185 2.7% 281 3.8% 96 51.9 1.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1958.7 1967.0 8.3 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