Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Alamogordo city GEOCODE:35-0010 NM ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 24,024 100.0% 27,596 100.0% 3,572 14.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 21,474 89.4% 24,088 87.3% 2,614 12.2 -2.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 85 0.4% 352 1.3% 267 314.1 0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 20,347 84.7% 22,916 83.0% 2,569 12.6 -1.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,273 5.3% 1,674 6.1% 401 31.5 0.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 198 0.8% 535 1.9% 337 170.2 1.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 127 0.5% 178 0.6% 51 40.2 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,772 24.0% 6,789 24.6% 1,017 17.6 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,938 8.1% 2,361 8.6% 423 21.8 0.5 5-17.................. 5,477 22.8% 5,565 20.2% 88 1.6 -2.6 18-24.................. 3,684 15.3% 2,665 9.7% -1,019 -27.7 -5.7 25-44.................. 6,581 27.4% 9,093 33.0% 2,512 38.2 5.6 45-64.................. 4,522 18.8% 5,005 18.1% 483 10.7 -0.7 65 AND OVER............ 1,822 7.6% 2,907 10.5% 1,085 59.5 3.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,415 30.9% 7,926 28.7% 511 6.9 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 7,747 32.2% 10,022 36.3% 2,276 29.4 4.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.3 31.1 3.8 13.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,373 $24,579 206 0.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,331 $27,875 544 2.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,163 $11,255 1,092 10.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,579 15.0% 3,671 13.5% 92 2.6 -1.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,680 100.0% 10,485 100.0% 1,805 20.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,638 76.5% 7,745 73.9% 1,107 16.7 -2.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,538 40.8% 4,199 40.0% 661 18.7 -0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,653 65.1% 6,329 60.4% 676 12.0 -4.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,039 35.0% 3,071 29.3% 32 1.1 -5.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 787 9.1% 1,113 10.6% 326 41.4 1.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 586 6.8% 714 6.8% 128 21.8 0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,681 19.4% 2,391 22.8% 710 42.2 3.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -5.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 12,925 100.0% 17,005 100.0% 4,080 31.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,076 39.3% 5,421 31.9% 345 6.8 -7.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,162 16.7% 2,845 16.7% 683 31.6 0.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,974 100.0% 11,386 100.0% 2,412 26.9 FEMALE................ 4,160 46.4% 5,392 47.4% 1,232 29.6 1.0 EMPLOYED.............. 8,066 89.9% 10,377 91.1% 2,311 28.7 1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,975 22.0% 2,669 23.4% 694 35.1 1.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,219 13.6% 1,631 14.3% 412 33.8 0.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,495 100.0% 11,974 100.0% 2,479 26.1 OCCUPIED.............. 8,629 90.9% 10,482 87.5% 1,853 21.5 -3.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,594 64.8% 6,681 63.7% 1,087 19.4 -1.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $60,599 $61,726 1,127 1.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,035 35.2% 3,801 36.3% 766 25.2 1.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $327 $364 37 11.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,582 69.3% 7,935 66.3% 1,353 20.6 -3.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,776 18.7% 2,551 21.3% 775 43.6 2.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1961.2 1969.0 7.8 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