Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Laurinburg city GEOCODE:37-1420 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 11,508 100.0% 11,636 100.0% 128 1.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,825 85.4% 9,380 80.6% -445 -4.5 -4.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 722 6.3% 872 7.5% 150 20.8 1.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 6,125 53.2% 5,968 51.3% -157 -2.6 -1.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 4,977 43.2% 5,275 45.3% 298 6.0 2.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 6 0.1% 51 0.4% 45 750.0 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 390 3.4% 342 2.9% -48 -12.3 -0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 68 0.6% 99 0.9% 31 45.6 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 829 7.2% 869 7.5% 40 4.8 0.3 5-17.................. 2,687 23.3% 2,418 20.8% -269 -10.0 -2.6 18-24.................. 1,798 15.6% 1,645 14.1% -153 -8.5 -1.5 25-44.................. 2,577 22.4% 3,046 26.2% 469 18.2 3.8 45-64.................. 2,307 20.0% 1,890 16.2% -417 -18.1 -3.8 65 AND OVER............ 1,310 11.4% 1,768 15.2% 458 35.0 3.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,516 30.6% 3,287 28.2% -229 -6.5 -2.3 40 AND OVER............ 4,133 35.9% 4,461 38.3% 328 7.9 2.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.7 31.3 3.6 13.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,569 $16,496 -4,073 -19.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,411 $19,678 -6,733 -25.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,536 $9,157 -379 -4.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,362 21.8% 3,157 29.4% 795 33.7 7.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,784 100.0% 4,314 100.0% 530 14.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,885 76.2% 2,997 69.5% 112 3.9 -6.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,521 40.2% 1,295 30.0% -226 -14.9 -10.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,933 51.1% 1,790 41.5% -143 -7.4 -9.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 934 24.7% 761 17.6% -173 -18.5 -7.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 853 22.5% 1,051 24.4% 198 23.2 1.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 448 11.8% 638 14.8% 190 42.4 2.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 839 22.2% 1,272 29.5% 433 51.6 7.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.5 -0.4 -12.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,194 100.0% 6,704 100.0% 510 8.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,329 21.5% 1,766 26.3% 437 32.9 4.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 878 14.2% 1,013 15.1% 135 15.4 0.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,983 100.0% 4,872 100.0% -111 -2.2 FEMALE................ 2,482 49.8% 2,370 48.6% -112 -4.5 -1.2 EMPLOYED.............. 4,573 91.8% 4,267 87.6% -306 -6.7 -4.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 986 19.8% 931 19.1% -55 -5.6 -0.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 748 15.0% 551 11.3% -197 -26.3 -3.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,020 100.0% 4,624 100.0% 604 15.0 OCCUPIED.............. 3,747 93.2% 4,276 92.5% 529 14.1 -0.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,211 59.0% 2,234 52.2% 23 1.0 -6.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $53,981 $52,436 -1,545 -2.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,536 41.0% 2,042 47.8% 506 32.9 6.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $276 $311 35 12.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,085 76.7% 3,026 65.4% -59 -1.9 -11.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 60 1.5% 170 3.7% 110 183.3 2.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1959.6 1969.0 9.4 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