Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Columbus city GEOCODE:31-0545 NE ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 17,328 100.0% 19,480 100.0% 2,152 12.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 15,126 87.3% 16,648 85.5% 1,522 10.1 -1.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 243 1.4% 238 1.2% -5 -2.1 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 17,149 99.0% 19,252 98.8% 2,103 12.3 -0.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 23 0.1% 61 0.3% 38 165.2 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 56 0.3% 65 0.3% 9 16.1 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 27 0.2% 35 0.2% 8 29.6 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 113 0.7% 226 1.2% 113 100.0 0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,451 8.4% 1,614 8.3% 163 11.2 -0.1 5-17.................. 3,629 20.9% 4,157 21.3% 528 14.5 0.4 18-24.................. 2,134 12.3% 1,545 7.9% -589 -27.6 -4.4 25-44.................. 4,508 26.0% 6,000 30.8% 1,492 33.1 4.8 45-64.................. 3,213 18.5% 3,353 17.2% 140 4.4 -1.3 65 AND OVER............ 2,393 13.8% 2,811 14.4% 418 17.5 0.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,080 29.3% 5,771 29.6% 691 13.6 0.3 40 AND OVER............ 6,486 37.4% 7,508 38.5% 1,023 15.8 1.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.7 32.7 3.0 10.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $30,587 $26,279 -4,308 -14.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $36,310 $32,222 -4,088 -11.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,328 $12,059 -269 -2.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,136 6.6% 1,485 7.7% 349 30.7 1.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,407 100.0% 7,515 100.0% 1,108 17.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,612 72.0% 5,228 69.6% 616 13.4 -2.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,989 46.7% 3,491 46.5% 502 16.8 -0.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,072 63.6% 4,528 60.3% 456 11.2 -3.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,220 34.6% 2,347 31.2% 127 5.7 -3.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 380 5.9% 554 7.4% 174 45.8 1.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 226 3.5% 331 4.4% 105 46.5 0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,625 25.4% 2,048 27.3% 423 26.0 1.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -4.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,114 100.0% 12,164 100.0% 2,050 20.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,381 43.3% 4,461 36.7% 80 1.8 -6.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,514 15.0% 1,830 15.0% 316 20.9 0.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,919 100.0% 10,120 100.0% 1,201 13.5 FEMALE................ 4,086 45.8% 4,820 47.6% 734 18.0 1.8 EMPLOYED.............. 8,688 97.4% 9,884 97.7% 1,196 13.8 0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,902 21.3% 2,219 21.9% 317 16.7 0.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,164 13.1% 1,279 12.6% 115 9.9 -0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,789 100.0% 7,812 100.0% 1,023 15.1 OCCUPIED.............. 6,389 94.1% 7,477 95.7% 1,088 17.0 1.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,603 72.0% 5,274 70.5% 671 14.6 -1.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $71,693 $57,168 -14,525 -20.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,786 28.0% 2,203 29.5% 417 23.3 1.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $333 $321 -12 -3.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,276 77.7% 6,109 78.2% 833 15.8 0.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 224 3.3% 190 2.4% -34 -15.2 -0.9 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.2 1963.0 5.8 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