Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Morganton city GEOCODE:37-1710 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,763 100.0% 15,085 100.0% 1,322 9.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,398 75.6% 11,242 74.5% 844 8.1 -1.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,693 12.3% 1,477 9.8% -216 -12.8 -2.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,553 83.9% 12,527 83.0% 974 8.4 -0.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,113 15.4% 2,319 15.4% 206 9.7 0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 76 0.6% 161 1.1% 85 111.8 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 14 0.1% 51 0.3% 37 264.3 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 85 0.6% 90 0.6% 5 5.9 -0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 688 5.0% 820 5.4% 132 19.2 0.4 5-17.................. 2,685 19.5% 2,077 13.8% -608 -22.6 -5.7 18-24.................. 1,368 9.9% 1,409 9.3% 41 3.0 -0.6 25-44.................. 3,471 25.2% 4,668 30.9% 1,197 34.5 5.7 45-64.................. 3,313 24.1% 3,356 22.2% 43 1.3 -1.8 65 AND OVER............ 2,238 16.3% 2,755 18.3% 517 23.1 2.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,373 24.5% 2,897 19.2% -476 -14.1 -5.3 40 AND OVER............ 6,317 45.9% 7,254 48.1% 937 14.8 2.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 36.3 38.7 2.4 6.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,640 $25,007 2,367 10.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,918 $31,552 2,634 9.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,459 $12,845 1,386 12.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,718 14.1% 1,437 10.6% -281 -16.4 -3.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,916 100.0% 6,082 100.0% 1,166 23.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,392 69.0% 3,980 65.4% 588 17.3 -3.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,986 40.4% 2,296 37.8% 310 15.6 -2.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,554 52.0% 2,943 48.4% 389 15.2 -3.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,023 20.8% 1,118 18.4% 95 9.3 -2.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 754 15.3% 912 15.0% 158 21.0 -0.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 439 8.9% 442 7.3% 3 0.7 -1.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,392 28.3% 1,869 30.7% 477 34.3 2.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.2 -0.2 -8.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,022 100.0% 10,779 100.0% 1,757 19.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,883 20.9% 2,379 22.1% 496 26.3 1.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,497 16.6% 2,027 18.8% 530 35.4 2.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,176 100.0% 7,348 100.0% 1,172 19.0 FEMALE................ 3,029 49.0% 3,746 51.0% 717 23.7 1.9 EMPLOYED.............. 5,844 94.6% 7,050 95.9% 1,206 20.6 1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,499 24.3% 2,083 28.3% 584 39.0 4.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 996 16.1% 824 11.2% -172 -17.3 -4.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,210 100.0% 6,558 100.0% 1,348 25.9 OCCUPIED.............. 4,945 94.9% 6,048 92.2% 1,103 22.3 -2.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,027 61.2% 3,628 60.0% 601 19.9 -1.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $66,752 $71,398 4,646 7.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,918 38.8% 2,420 40.0% 502 26.2 1.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $306 $342 36 11.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,878 74.4% 4,451 67.9% 573 14.8 -6.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 265 5.1% 413 6.3% 148 55.8 1.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1955.6 1963.0 7.4 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