Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Lenoir city GEOCODE:37-1435 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,748 100.0% 14,192 100.0% 444 3.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,115 88.1% 11,906 83.9% -209 -1.7 -4.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 253 1.8% 207 1.5% -46 -18.2 -0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,704 85.1% 11,805 83.2% 101 0.9 -2.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,991 14.5% 2,276 16.0% 285 14.3 1.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 28 0.2% 38 0.3% 10 35.7 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 25 0.2% 65 0.5% 40 160.0 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 128 0.9% 38 0.3% -90 -70.3 -0.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 696 5.1% 897 6.3% 201 28.9 1.3 5-17.................. 2,787 20.3% 2,399 16.9% -388 -13.9 -3.4 18-24.................. 1,568 11.4% 1,208 8.5% -360 -23.0 -2.9 25-44.................. 3,291 23.9% 4,177 29.4% 886 26.9 5.5 45-64.................. 3,288 23.9% 3,025 21.3% -263 -8.0 -2.6 65 AND OVER............ 2,118 15.4% 2,486 17.5% 368 17.4 2.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,483 25.3% 3,296 23.2% -187 -5.4 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 6,108 44.4% 6,377 44.9% 270 4.4 0.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 34.6 36.8 2.1 6.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,199 $21,372 -827 -3.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,554 $27,227 673 2.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,502 $12,012 1,510 14.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,582 11.7% 2,446 17.5% 864 54.6 5.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,133 100.0% 5,936 100.0% 803 15.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,861 75.2% 4,082 68.8% 221 5.7 -6.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,164 42.2% 2,198 37.0% 34 1.6 -5.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,991 58.3% 2,912 49.1% -79 -2.6 -9.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,233 24.0% 1,136 19.1% -97 -7.9 -4.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 611 11.9% 917 15.4% 306 50.1 3.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 312 6.1% 494 8.3% 182 58.3 2.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,192 23.2% 1,696 28.6% 504 42.3 5.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.3 -10.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,697 100.0% 9,688 100.0% 991 11.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,858 21.4% 2,570 26.5% 712 38.3 5.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,027 11.8% 1,135 11.7% 108 10.5 -0.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,638 100.0% 7,228 100.0% 590 8.9 FEMALE................ 2,982 44.9% 3,434 47.5% 452 15.2 2.6 EMPLOYED.............. 6,325 95.3% 6,858 94.9% 533 8.4 -0.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,204 18.1% 1,244 17.2% 40 3.3 -0.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 505 7.6% 683 9.4% 178 35.2 1.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,511 100.0% 6,338 100.0% 827 15.0 OCCUPIED.............. 5,169 93.8% 5,929 93.5% 760 14.7 -0.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,419 66.1% 3,742 63.1% 323 9.4 -3.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $55,893 $56,692 800 1.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,750 33.9% 2,187 36.9% 437 25.0 3.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $285 $317 32 11.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,268 77.4% 4,554 71.9% 286 6.7 -5.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 127 2.3% 350 5.5% 223 175.6 3.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1953.8 1961.0 7.2 0.4 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