Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Hickory city GEOCODE:37-1175 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 20,753 100.0% 28,337 100.0% 7,584 36.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 16,632 80.1% 21,848 77.1% 5,216 31.4 -3.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,068 5.1% 1,404 5.0% 336 31.5 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 16,655 80.3% 22,976 81.1% 6,321 38.0 0.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,953 19.0% 4,819 17.0% 866 21.9 -2.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 111 0.5% 319 1.1% 208 187.4 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 17 0.1% 91 0.3% 74 435.3 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 213 1.0% 187 0.7% -26 -12.2 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,141 5.5% 1,725 6.1% 584 51.2 0.6 5-17.................. 3,931 18.9% 4,135 14.6% 204 5.2 -4.3 18-24.................. 3,102 14.9% 3,840 13.6% 738 23.8 -1.4 25-44.................. 5,324 25.7% 8,980 31.7% 3,656 68.7 6.0 45-64.................. 4,496 21.7% 5,510 19.4% 1,014 22.6 -2.2 65 AND OVER............ 2,759 13.3% 4,147 14.6% 1,388 50.3 1.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,072 24.4% 5,860 20.7% 788 15.5 -3.8 40 AND OVER............ 8,367 40.3% 11,762 41.5% 3,395 40.6 1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.9 33.9 2.0 6.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,086 $27,212 3,126 13.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,670 $33,303 3,633 12.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,097 $15,433 2,336 17.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,417 12.3% 3,038 11.3% 621 25.7 -1.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,186 100.0% 11,796 100.0% 3,610 44.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,504 67.2% 7,454 63.2% 1,950 35.4 -4.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,303 40.3% 4,712 39.9% 1,409 42.7 -0.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,182 51.1% 5,500 46.6% 1,318 31.5 -4.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,737 21.2% 2,089 17.7% 352 20.3 -3.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,133 13.8% 1,632 13.8% 499 44.0 -0.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 685 8.4% 885 7.5% 200 29.2 -0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,362 28.9% 3,666 31.1% 1,304 55.2 2.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -5.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 12,579 100.0% 18,637 100.0% 6,058 48.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,656 21.1% 4,280 23.0% 1,624 61.1 1.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,610 20.7% 4,359 23.4% 1,749 67.0 2.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,861 100.0% 16,129 100.0% 5,268 48.5 FEMALE................ 5,113 47.1% 7,666 47.5% 2,553 49.9 0.5 EMPLOYED.............. 10,346 95.3% 15,448 95.8% 5,102 49.3 0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,759 25.4% 3,758 23.3% 999 36.2 -2.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,166 10.7% 1,724 10.7% 558 47.9 -0.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,624 100.0% 12,690 100.0% 4,066 47.1 OCCUPIED.............. 8,160 94.6% 11,785 92.9% 3,625 44.4 -1.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,287 52.5% 6,098 51.7% 1,811 42.2 -0.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $81,907 $93,041 11,135 13.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,873 47.5% 5,687 48.3% 1,814 46.8 0.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $322 $384 62 19.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,407 62.7% 7,099 55.9% 1,692 31.3 -6.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 229 2.7% 506 4.0% 277 121.0 1.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.2 1967.0 10.8 0.6 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