Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Kinston city GEOCODE:37-1355 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 25,234 100.0% 25,295 100.0% 61 0.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 20,840 82.6% 20,544 81.2% -296 -1.4 -1.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,396 5.5% 1,169 4.6% -227 -16.3 -0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,903 47.2% 10,545 41.7% -1,358 -11.4 -5.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 13,179 52.2% 14,643 57.9% 1,464 11.1 5.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 117 0.5% 64 0.3% -53 -45.3 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 15 0.1% 24 0.1% 9 60.0 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 310 1.2% 58 0.2% -252 -81.3 -1.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,727 6.8% 1,619 6.4% -108 -6.3 -0.4 5-17.................. 5,364 21.3% 4,809 19.0% -555 -10.3 -2.2 18-24.................. 2,912 11.5% 2,113 8.4% -799 -27.4 -3.2 25-44.................. 6,227 24.7% 7,417 29.3% 1,190 19.1 4.6 45-64.................. 5,701 22.6% 5,057 20.0% -644 -11.3 -2.6 65 AND OVER............ 3,303 13.1% 4,280 16.9% 977 29.6 3.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,091 28.1% 6,428 25.4% -663 -9.3 -2.7 40 AND OVER............ 10,241 40.6% 11,129 44.0% 889 8.7 3.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.6 36.3 4.7 14.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,886 $18,253 -1,633 -8.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,642 $24,466 -1,176 -4.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,744 $10,490 746 7.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,566 23.4% 6,071 25.2% 505 9.1 1.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,089 100.0% 10,059 100.0% 970 10.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,356 69.9% 6,727 66.9% 371 5.8 -3.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,398 37.4% 3,435 34.1% 37 1.1 -3.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,441 48.9% 4,130 41.1% -311 -7.0 -7.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,047 22.5% 1,665 16.6% -382 -18.7 -6.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,697 18.7% 2,372 23.6% 675 39.8 4.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,023 11.3% 1,446 14.4% 423 41.3 3.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,514 27.7% 3,129 31.1% 615 24.5 3.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -8.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 15,231 100.0% 16,754 100.0% 1,523 10.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,734 24.5% 4,222 25.2% 488 13.1 0.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,258 14.8% 2,581 15.4% 323 14.3 0.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,862 100.0% 11,061 100.0% 199 1.8 FEMALE................ 5,384 49.6% 5,896 53.3% 512 9.5 3.7 EMPLOYED.............. 10,067 92.7% 10,155 91.8% 88 0.9 -0.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,466 22.7% 2,472 22.3% 6 0.2 -0.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,707 15.7% 1,563 14.1% -144 -8.4 -1.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,706 100.0% 10,826 100.0% 1,120 11.5 OCCUPIED.............. 9,081 93.6% 9,987 92.3% 906 10.0 -1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,668 51.4% 5,190 52.0% 522 11.2 0.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $69,060 $63,573 -5,487 -7.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,413 48.6% 4,797 48.0% 384 8.7 -0.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $273 $281 8 3.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,846 70.5% 7,311 67.5% 465 6.8 -3.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 196 2.0% 494 4.6% 298 152.0 2.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1955.1 1960.0 4.9 0.3 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