Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Wilson city GEOCODE:37-2760 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 34,424 100.0% 36,930 100.0% 2,506 7.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 28,694 83.4% 29,987 81.2% 1,293 4.5 -2.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,705 5.0% 1,611 4.4% -94 -5.5 -0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 20,418 59.3% 19,419 52.6% -999 -4.9 -6.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 13,892 40.4% 17,364 47.0% 3,472 25.0 6.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 54 0.2% 48 0.1% -6 -11.1 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 12 0.0% 41 0.1% 29 241.7 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 243 0.7% 108 0.3% -135 -55.6 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,352 6.8% 2,544 6.9% 192 8.2 0.1 5-17.................. 7,145 20.8% 7,254 19.6% 109 1.5 -1.1 18-24.................. 5,161 15.0% 4,049 11.0% -1,112 -21.5 -4.0 25-44.................. 8,807 25.6% 10,844 29.4% 2,037 23.1 3.8 45-64.................. 7,031 20.4% 7,103 19.2% 72 1.0 -1.2 65 AND OVER............ 3,928 11.4% 5,136 13.9% 1,208 30.8 2.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,497 27.6% 9,798 26.5% 301 3.2 -1.1 40 AND OVER............ 12,650 36.7% 14,451 39.1% 1,802 14.2 2.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.3 33.3 4.0 13.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,493 $21,881 -612 -2.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,820 $27,881 61 0.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,634 $12,028 1,394 13.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,441 19.7% 8,312 23.5% 1,871 29.0 3.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 12,473 100.0% 14,462 100.0% 1,989 15.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,978 72.0% 9,812 67.8% 834 9.3 -4.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,096 40.9% 5,284 36.5% 188 3.7 -4.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,639 53.2% 6,440 44.5% -199 -3.0 -8.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,284 26.3% 2,777 19.2% -507 -15.4 -7.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,004 16.1% 2,953 20.4% 949 47.4 4.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,155 9.3% 1,664 11.5% 509 44.1 2.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,063 24.6% 4,118 28.5% 1,055 34.4 3.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -6.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 19,766 100.0% 23,083 100.0% 3,317 16.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,779 24.2% 5,747 24.9% 968 20.3 0.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,927 14.8% 4,246 18.4% 1,319 45.1 3.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 16,139 100.0% 17,670 100.0% 1,531 9.5 FEMALE................ 7,598 47.1% 8,770 49.6% 1,172 15.4 2.6 EMPLOYED.............. 14,678 90.9% 16,203 91.7% 1,525 10.4 0.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,509 21.7% 3,922 22.2% 413 11.8 0.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,043 12.7% 2,155 12.2% 112 5.5 -0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 13,026 100.0% 15,383 100.0% 2,357 18.1 OCCUPIED.............. 12,343 94.8% 14,461 94.0% 2,118 17.2 -0.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,199 50.2% 7,132 49.3% 933 15.1 -0.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $72,864 $72,995 131 0.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,144 49.8% 7,329 50.7% 1,185 19.3 0.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $320 $333 13 3.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,986 69.0% 9,854 64.1% 868 9.7 -4.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 383 2.9% 595 3.9% 212 55.4 0.9 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1959.2 1968.0 8.8 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