Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Helena city GEOCODE:30-0325 MT ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 23,938 100.0% 24,346 100.0% 408 1.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 18,644 77.9% 18,619 76.5% -25 -0.1 -1.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,098 4.6% 1,096 4.5% -2 -0.2 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 23,345 97.5% 23,377 96.0% 32 0.1 -1.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 36 0.2% 33 0.1% -3 -8.3 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 67 0.3% 215 0.9% 148 220.9 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 431 1.8% 691 2.8% 260 60.3 1.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 208 0.9% 318 1.3% 110 52.9 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,661 6.9% 1,654 6.8% -7 -0.4 -0.1 5-17.................. 4,604 19.2% 4,414 18.1% -190 -4.1 -1.1 18-24.................. 3,624 15.1% 2,366 9.7% -1,258 -34.7 -5.4 25-44.................. 7,047 29.4% 7,971 32.7% 924 13.1 3.3 45-64.................. 4,263 17.8% 4,542 18.7% 279 6.5 0.8 65 AND OVER............ 2,739 11.4% 3,399 14.0% 660 24.1 2.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,265 26.2% 6,068 24.9% -197 -3.1 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 8,327 34.8% 9,911 40.7% 1,585 19.0 5.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.7 34.9 5.2 17.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $28,080 $25,462 -2,618 -9.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $36,872 $33,665 -3,207 -8.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,246 $13,256 10 0.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,378 10.4% 2,702 11.6% 324 13.6 1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,493 100.0% 10,421 100.0% 928 9.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,979 63.0% 6,340 60.8% 361 6.0 -2.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,773 39.7% 3,939 37.8% 166 4.4 -1.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,935 52.0% 5,034 48.3% 99 2.0 -3.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,505 26.4% 2,395 23.0% -110 -4.4 -3.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 883 9.3% 1,112 10.7% 229 25.9 1.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 650 6.8% 837 8.0% 187 28.8 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,950 31.1% 3,603 34.6% 653 22.1 3.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.2 -0.2 -7.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 14,049 100.0% 15,912 100.0% 1,863 13.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,564 32.5% 4,396 27.6% -168 -3.7 -4.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,226 30.1% 5,442 34.2% 1,216 28.8 4.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 12,320 100.0% 12,793 100.0% 473 3.8 FEMALE................ 5,837 47.4% 6,405 50.1% 568 9.7 2.7 EMPLOYED.............. 11,754 95.4% 12,140 94.9% 386 3.3 -0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,210 34.2% 5,001 39.1% 791 18.8 4.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,561 12.7% 1,713 13.4% 152 9.7 0.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 10,231 100.0% 10,946 100.0% 715 7.0 OCCUPIED.............. 9,475 92.6% 10,316 94.2% 841 8.9 1.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,495 58.0% 5,851 56.7% 356 6.5 -1.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $84,514 $67,954 -16,560 -19.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,980 42.0% 4,465 43.3% 485 12.2 1.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $333 $321 -12 -3.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,749 56.2% 6,271 57.3% 522 9.1 1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 435 4.3% 534 4.9% 99 22.8 0.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.8 1958.0 5.2 0.3 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