Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Lexington city GEOCODE:37-1450 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 15,711 100.0% 16,581 100.0% 870 5.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,890 88.4% 13,772 83.1% -118 -0.8 -5.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 20 0.1% 100 0.6% 80 400.0 0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,802 75.1% 11,243 67.8% -559 -4.7 -7.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,860 24.6% 4,916 29.6% 1,056 27.4 5.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 21 0.1% 286 1.7% 2651261.9 1.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 24 0.2% 80 0.5% 56 233.3 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 55 0.4% 129 0.8% 74 134.5 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,007 6.4% 1,132 6.8% 125 12.4 0.4 5-17.................. 3,175 20.2% 2,758 16.6% -417 -13.1 -3.6 18-24.................. 1,883 12.0% 1,705 10.3% -178 -9.5 -1.7 25-44.................. 3,915 24.9% 4,607 27.8% 692 17.7 2.9 45-64.................. 3,758 23.9% 3,581 21.6% -177 -4.7 -2.3 65 AND OVER............ 1,973 12.6% 2,798 16.9% 825 41.8 4.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,182 26.6% 3,890 23.5% -292 -7.0 -3.2 40 AND OVER............ 6,546 41.7% 7,377 44.5% 831 12.7 2.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.8 35.7 2.9 8.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,720 $21,011 -1,709 -7.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,287 $26,721 -566 -2.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,000 $11,672 672 6.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,232 14.2% 3,047 18.5% 815 36.5 4.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,071 100.0% 6,937 100.0% 866 14.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,419 72.8% 4,635 66.8% 216 4.9 -6.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,607 42.9% 2,571 37.1% -36 -1.4 -5.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,493 57.5% 3,081 44.4% -412 -11.8 -13.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,619 26.7% 1,197 17.3% -422 -26.1 -9.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 782 12.9% 1,323 19.1% 541 69.2 6.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 407 6.7% 706 10.2% 299 73.5 3.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,519 25.0% 2,013 29.0% 494 32.5 4.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -8.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,646 100.0% 10,986 100.0% 1,340 13.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,973 20.5% 2,795 25.4% 822 41.7 5.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,320 13.7% 1,363 12.4% 43 3.3 -1.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,900 100.0% 8,468 100.0% 568 7.2 FEMALE................ 3,617 45.8% 3,994 47.2% 377 10.4 1.4 EMPLOYED.............. 7,468 94.5% 7,949 93.9% 481 6.4 -0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,373 17.4% 1,420 16.8% 47 3.4 -0.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 822 10.4% 894 10.6% 72 8.8 0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,475 100.0% 7,486 100.0% 1,011 15.6 OCCUPIED.............. 6,019 93.0% 6,985 93.3% 966 16.0 0.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,599 59.8% 3,602 51.6% 3 0.1 -8.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $55,836 $59,799 3,963 7.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,420 40.2% 3,383 48.4% 963 39.8 8.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $303 $353 50 16.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,215 80.5% 5,489 73.3% 274 5.3 -7.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 58 0.9% 127 1.7% 69 119.0 0.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.0 1961.0 5.0 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