Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Hobbs city GEOCODE:35-0180 NM ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 29,153 100.0% 29,115 100.0% -38 -0.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 26,253 90.1% 25,965 89.2% -288 -1.1 -0.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 170 0.6% 292 1.0% 122 71.8 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 24,305 83.4% 22,924 78.7% -1,381 -5.7 -4.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,224 7.6% 2,157 7.4% -67 -3.0 -0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 52 0.2% 211 0.7% 159 305.8 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 295 1.0% 115 0.4% -180 -61.0 -0.6 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,712 19.6% 8,689 29.8% 2,977 52.1 10.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,055 10.5% 2,629 9.0% -426 -13.9 -1.4 5-17.................. 6,851 23.5% 7,093 24.4% 242 3.5 0.9 18-24.................. 3,764 12.9% 2,661 9.1% -1,103 -29.3 -3.8 25-44.................. 7,795 26.7% 8,767 30.1% 972 12.5 3.4 45-64.................. 5,282 18.1% 4,730 16.2% -552 -10.5 -1.9 65 AND OVER............ 2,406 8.3% 3,235 11.1% 829 34.5 2.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,906 34.0% 9,722 33.4% -184 -1.9 -0.6 40 AND OVER............ 9,225 31.6% 9,853 33.8% 629 6.8 2.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.8 30.1 3.2 12.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $31,275 $22,807 -8,468 -27.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,538 $25,757 -9,781 -27.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,376 $10,230 -2,146 -17.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,586 12.4% 7,106 24.8% 3,520 98.2 12.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,182 100.0% 10,202 100.0% 20 0.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,867 77.3% 7,701 75.5% -166 -2.1 -1.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,140 40.7% 3,754 36.8% -386 -9.3 -3.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,793 66.7% 6,179 60.6% -614 -9.0 -6.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,822 37.5% 3,377 33.1% -445 -11.6 -4.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 859 8.4% 1,168 11.4% 309 36.0 3.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 557 5.5% 813 8.0% 256 46.0 2.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,021 19.8% 2,242 22.0% 221 10.9 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.8 -0.0 -0.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 15,483 100.0% 16,732 100.0% 1,249 8.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,199 33.6% 4,416 26.4% -783 -15.1 -7.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,813 11.7% 2,249 13.4% 436 24.0 1.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 12,957 100.0% 11,981 100.0% -976 -7.5 FEMALE................ 4,693 36.2% 4,863 40.6% 170 3.6 4.4 EMPLOYED.............. 12,564 97.0% 11,071 92.4% -1,493 -11.9 -4.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,293 17.7% 2,510 20.9% 217 9.5 3.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,328 10.2% 1,465 12.2% 137 10.3 2.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,159 100.0% 12,327 100.0% 1,168 10.5 OCCUPIED.............. 10,109 90.6% 10,242 83.1% 133 1.3 -7.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,064 69.9% 6,764 66.0% -300 -4.2 -3.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $65,181 $49,579 -15,602 -23.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,045 30.1% 3,478 34.0% 433 14.2 3.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $381 $324 -57 -14.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,690 77.9% 8,943 72.5% 253 2.9 -5.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,204 10.8% 1,279 10.4% 75 6.2 -0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1959.6 1964.0 4.4 0.2 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