Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Las Vegas city GEOCODE:32-0065 NV ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 164,674 100.0% 258,295 100.0% 93,621 56.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 138,423 84.1% 209,835 81.2% 71,412 51.6 -2.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,297 0.8% 4,148 1.6% 2,851 219.8 0.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 403 0.2% 403 0.2 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 134,493 81.7% 202,604 78.4% 68,111 50.6 -3.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 21,101 12.8% 29,472 11.4% 8,371 39.7 -1.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 3,858 2.3% 9,332 3.6% 5,474 141.9 1.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,223 0.7% 2,415 0.9% 1,192 97.5 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 12,734 7.7% 31,249 12.1% 18,515 145.4 4.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 11,864 7.2% 21,284 8.2% 9,420 79.4 1.0 5-17.................. 34,147 20.7% 42,829 16.6% 8,682 25.4 -4.2 18-24.................. 21,410 13.0% 25,458 9.9% 4,048 18.9 -3.1 25-44.................. 50,166 30.5% 91,339 35.4% 41,173 82.1 4.9 45-64.................. 33,304 20.2% 50,825 19.7% 17,521 52.6 -0.5 65 AND OVER............ 13,783 8.4% 26,560 10.3% 12,777 92.7 1.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 46,011 27.9% 64,113 24.8% 18,102 39.3 -3.1 40 AND OVER............ 57,751 35.1% 95,603 37.0% 37,852 65.5 1.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.9 32.7 2.8 9.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,835 $30,590 755 2.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,916 $35,300 -616 -1.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,895 $14,737 842 6.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 17,108 10.5% 29,084 11.5% 11,976 70.0 1.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 62,412 100.0% 99,944 100.0% 37,532 60.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 42,553 68.2% 65,878 65.9% 23,325 54.8 -2.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 25,013 40.1% 39,758 39.8% 14,745 58.9 -0.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 33,251 53.3% 49,340 49.4% 16,089 48.4 -3.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 16,645 26.7% 22,204 22.2% 5,559 33.4 -4.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 7,253 11.6% 11,584 11.6% 4,331 59.7 -0.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 5,035 8.1% 6,966 7.0% 1,931 38.4 -1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 15,836 25.4% 25,834 25.8% 9,998 63.1 0.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -2.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 97,253 100.0% 168,724 100.0% 71,471 73.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 40,079 41.2% 53,363 31.6% 13,284 33.1 -9.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 11,179 11.5% 22,564 13.4% 11,385 101.8 1.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 86,114 100.0% 140,298 100.0% 54,184 62.9 FEMALE................ 36,819 42.8% 62,777 44.7% 25,958 70.5 2.0 EMPLOYED.............. 80,345 93.3% 131,001 93.4% 50,656 63.0 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 14,615 17.0% 26,956 19.2% 12,341 84.4 2.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 25,162 29.2% 34,531 24.6% 9,369 37.2 -4.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 67,054 100.0% 109,670 100.0% 42,616 63.6 OCCUPIED.............. 62,144 92.7% 99,735 90.9% 37,591 60.5 -1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 35,016 56.3% 50,246 50.4% 15,230 43.5 -6.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $110,811 $103,708 -7,102 -6.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 27,128 43.7% 49,489 49.6% 22,361 82.4 6.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $430 $490 60 14.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 39,574 59.0% 58,997 53.8% 19,423 49.1 -5.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 2,693 4.0% 3,670 3.3% 977 36.3 -0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1966.6 1977.0 10.4 0.5 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