Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Thomasville city GEOCODE:37-2510 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,144 100.0% 15,915 100.0% 1,771 12.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,506 88.4% 13,115 82.4% 609 4.9 -6.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 267 1.9% 326 2.0% 59 22.1 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 9,788 69.2% 11,400 71.6% 1,612 16.5 2.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 4,269 30.2% 4,399 27.6% 130 3.0 -2.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 55 0.4% 11 0.1% -44 -80.0 -0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 32 0.2% 95 0.6% 63 196.9 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 138 1.0% 60 0.4% -78 -56.5 -0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 915 6.5% 1,097 6.9% 182 19.9 0.4 5-17.................. 3,076 21.7% 2,642 16.6% -434 -14.1 -5.1 18-24.................. 1,740 12.3% 1,833 11.5% 93 5.3 -0.8 25-44.................. 3,455 24.4% 4,551 28.6% 1,096 31.7 4.2 45-64.................. 3,098 21.9% 3,208 20.2% 110 3.6 -1.7 65 AND OVER............ 1,860 13.2% 2,584 16.2% 724 38.9 3.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,991 28.2% 3,739 23.5% -252 -6.3 -4.7 40 AND OVER............ 5,720 40.4% 6,835 42.9% 1,116 19.5 2.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.7 34.5 2.8 8.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,280 $21,754 474 2.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,839 $27,029 1,190 4.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,110 $11,102 992 9.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,936 14.0% 2,010 12.9% 74 3.8 -1.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,168 100.0% 6,523 100.0% 1,355 26.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,900 75.5% 4,375 67.1% 475 12.2 -8.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,263 43.8% 2,694 41.3% 431 19.0 -2.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,904 56.2% 3,096 47.5% 192 6.6 -8.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,285 24.9% 1,261 19.3% -24 -1.9 -5.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 824 15.9% 1,065 16.3% 241 29.2 0.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 456 8.8% 584 9.0% 128 28.1 0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,177 22.8% 1,883 28.9% 706 60.0 6.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.4 -0.3 -11.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,413 100.0% 10,343 100.0% 1,930 22.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,645 19.6% 3,050 29.5% 1,405 85.4 9.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 719 8.5% 1,017 9.8% 298 41.4 1.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,165 100.0% 8,683 100.0% 1,518 21.2 FEMALE................ 3,336 46.6% 4,251 49.0% 915 27.4 2.4 EMPLOYED.............. 6,746 94.2% 8,283 95.4% 1,537 22.8 1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 827 11.5% 1,318 15.2% 491 59.4 3.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 585 8.2% 850 9.8% 265 45.3 1.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,429 100.0% 6,928 100.0% 1,499 27.6 OCCUPIED.............. 5,164 95.1% 6,529 94.2% 1,365 26.4 -0.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,766 53.6% 3,238 49.6% 472 17.1 -4.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $52,534 $55,950 3,417 6.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,398 46.4% 3,291 50.4% 893 37.2 4.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $284 $339 55 19.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,922 72.2% 4,654 67.2% 732 18.7 -5.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 123 1.8% 123 1.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.1 1963.0 10.9 0.6 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