Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Las Vegas city GEOCODE:35-0225 NM ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,322 100.0% 14,753 100.0% 431 3.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,871 82.9% 12,360 83.8% 489 4.1 0.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 901 6.3% 760 5.2% -141 -15.6 -1.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 9,915 69.2% 9,160 62.1% -755 -7.6 -7.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 55 0.4% 74 0.5% 19 34.5 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 27 0.2% 118 0.8% 91 337.0 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 99 0.7% 85 0.6% -14 -14.1 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 12,081 84.4% 12,170 82.5% 89 0.7 -1.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,235 8.6% 1,124 7.6% -111 -9.0 -1.0 5-17.................. 3,174 22.2% 3,249 22.0% 75 2.4 -0.1 18-24.................. 2,476 17.3% 1,574 10.7% -902 -36.4 -6.6 25-44.................. 3,530 24.6% 4,437 30.1% 907 25.7 5.4 45-64.................. 2,246 15.7% 2,580 17.5% 334 14.9 1.8 65 AND OVER............ 1,661 11.6% 1,789 12.1% 128 7.7 0.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,409 30.8% 4,373 29.6% -36 -0.8 -1.1 40 AND OVER............ 4,636 32.4% 5,333 36.1% 698 15.0 3.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.3 30.4 4.1 15.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $15,498 $18,023 2,525 16.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $18,738 $20,016 1,278 6.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $6,832 $7,515 683 10.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,011 29.7% 4,239 30.3% 228 5.7 0.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,733 100.0% 5,028 100.0% 295 6.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,359 71.0% 3,586 71.3% 227 6.8 0.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,439 30.4% 1,723 34.3% 284 19.7 3.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,418 51.1% 2,402 47.8% -16 -0.7 -3.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,453 30.7% 1,306 26.0% -147 -10.1 -4.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 770 16.3% 811 16.1% 41 5.3 -0.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 496 10.5% 474 9.4% -22 -4.4 -1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,237 26.1% 1,267 25.2% 30 2.4 -0.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.8 -0.1 -1.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,437 100.0% 8,806 100.0% 1,369 18.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,911 25.7% 2,414 27.4% 503 26.3 1.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,319 17.7% 1,599 18.2% 280 21.2 0.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,506 100.0% 6,227 100.0% 721 13.1 FEMALE................ 2,517 45.7% 3,050 49.0% 533 21.2 3.3 EMPLOYED.............. 4,755 86.4% 5,454 87.6% 699 14.7 1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,320 24.0% 1,614 25.9% 294 22.3 1.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,072 19.5% 1,087 17.5% 15 1.4 -2.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,487 100.0% 5,716 100.0% 229 4.2 OCCUPIED.............. 4,706 85.8% 5,131 89.8% 425 9.0 4.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,045 64.7% 3,409 66.4% 364 12.0 1.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $51,340 $52,773 1,432 2.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,661 35.3% 1,722 33.6% 61 3.7 -1.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $236 $261 25 10.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,738 68.1% 3,823 66.9% 85 2.3 -1.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 459 8.4% 776 13.6% 317 69.1 5.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1949.1 1959.0 9.9 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