Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Rocky Mount city GEOCODE:37-2115 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 41,283 100.0% 49,165 100.0% 7,882 19.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 36,839 89.2% 42,623 86.7% 5,784 15.7 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 220 0.5% 329 0.7% 109 49.5 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 23,588 57.1% 24,461 49.8% 873 3.7 -7.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 17,397 42.1% 24,419 49.7% 7,022 40.4 7.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 177 0.4% 126 0.3% -51 -28.8 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 91 0.2% 101 0.2% 10 11.0 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 458 1.1% 206 0.4% -252 -55.0 -0.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,038 7.4% 3,770 7.7% 732 24.1 0.3 5-17.................. 9,174 22.2% 9,826 20.0% 652 7.1 -2.2 18-24.................. 4,421 10.7% 4,612 9.4% 191 4.3 -1.3 25-44.................. 11,166 27.0% 15,966 32.5% 4,800 43.0 5.4 45-64.................. 8,478 20.5% 8,694 17.7% 216 2.5 -2.9 65 AND OVER............ 5,006 12.1% 6,297 12.8% 1,291 25.8 0.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 12,212 29.6% 13,596 27.7% 1,384 11.3 -1.9 40 AND OVER............ 15,615 37.8% 18,521 37.7% 2,906 18.6 -0.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.5 32.9 2.4 7.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,330 $24,055 725 3.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,165 $29,489 1,324 4.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,800 $12,593 1,793 16.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,077 19.7% 8,804 18.1% 727 9.0 -1.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 15,184 100.0% 18,904 100.0% 3,720 24.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 11,362 74.8% 13,418 71.0% 2,056 18.1 -3.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,280 41.4% 7,603 40.2% 1,323 21.1 -1.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 8,470 55.8% 9,289 49.1% 819 9.7 -6.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,147 27.3% 4,292 22.7% 145 3.5 -4.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,578 17.0% 3,604 19.1% 1,026 39.8 2.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,464 9.6% 2,252 11.9% 788 53.8 2.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,485 23.0% 4,905 25.9% 1,420 40.7 3.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -4.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 24,650 100.0% 30,957 100.0% 6,307 25.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,711 27.2% 9,199 29.7% 2,488 37.1 2.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,812 15.5% 5,162 16.7% 1,350 35.4 1.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 19,135 100.0% 24,420 100.0% 5,285 27.6 FEMALE................ 9,129 47.7% 12,100 49.5% 2,971 32.5 1.8 EMPLOYED.............. 17,917 93.6% 23,032 94.3% 5,115 28.5 0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,328 22.6% 5,525 22.6% 1,197 27.7 0.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,137 11.2% 2,629 10.8% 492 23.0 -0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 16,152 100.0% 20,130 100.0% 3,978 24.6 OCCUPIED.............. 15,138 93.7% 18,822 93.5% 3,684 24.3 -0.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,266 54.6% 9,867 52.4% 1,601 19.4 -2.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $68,145 $70,883 2,738 4.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,872 45.4% 8,955 47.6% 2,083 30.3 2.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $325 $364 39 12.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 11,917 73.8% 13,476 66.9% 1,559 13.1 -6.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 169 1.0% 779 3.9% 610 360.9 2.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.6 1967.0 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