Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Forest Park city GEOCODE:39-1402 OH ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,675 100.0% 18,609 100.0% -66 -0.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 17,924 96.0% 16,753 90.0% -1,171 -6.5 -6.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,904 69.1% 10,147 54.5% -2,757 -21.4 -14.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 5,533 29.6% 8,115 43.6% 2,582 46.7 14.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 158 0.8% 252 1.4% 94 59.5 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 19 0.1% 0 0.0% -19-100.0 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 132 0.7% 139 0.7% 7 5.3 0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,570 8.4% 1,354 7.3% -216 -13.8 -1.1 5-17.................. 5,362 28.7% 3,960 21.3% -1,402 -26.1 -7.4 18-24.................. 2,062 11.0% 2,007 10.8% -55 -2.7 -0.3 25-44.................. 6,281 33.6% 6,722 36.1% 441 7.0 2.5 45-64.................. 2,811 15.1% 3,472 18.7% 661 23.5 3.6 65 AND OVER............ 589 3.2% 1,094 5.9% 505 85.7 2.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,932 37.1% 5,314 28.6% -1,618 -23.3 -8.6 40 AND OVER............ 4,819 25.8% 6,116 32.9% 1,298 26.9 7.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.0 30.7 4.7 17.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $43,597 $37,050 -6,547 -15.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $45,597 $40,615 -4,982 -10.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,773 $15,094 1,321 9.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 609 3.3% 1,031 5.6% 422 69.3 2.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,529 100.0% 6,584 100.0% 1,055 19.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,876 88.2% 5,045 76.6% 169 3.5 -11.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,327 60.2% 3,476 52.8% 149 4.5 -7.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,262 77.1% 4,043 61.4% -219 -5.1 -15.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,921 52.8% 2,144 32.6% -777 -26.6 -20.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 470 8.5% 834 12.7% 364 77.4 4.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 329 6.0% 501 7.6% 172 52.3 1.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 577 10.4% 1,274 19.3% 697 120.8 8.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.4 2.8 -0.6 -16.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,681 100.0% 11,288 100.0% 1,607 16.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,514 36.3% 3,134 27.8% -380 -10.8 -8.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,241 23.1% 2,722 24.1% 481 21.5 1.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,390 100.0% 10,454 100.0% 1,064 11.3 FEMALE................ 3,976 42.3% 5,130 49.1% 1,154 29.0 6.7 EMPLOYED.............. 8,793 93.6% 9,906 94.8% 1,113 12.7 1.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,482 26.4% 3,054 29.2% 572 23.0 2.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 832 8.9% 1,134 10.8% 302 36.3 2.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,626 100.0% 6,902 100.0% 1,276 22.7 OCCUPIED.............. 5,478 97.4% 6,545 94.8% 1,067 19.5 -2.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,389 80.1% 4,298 65.7% -91 -2.1 -14.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $82,604 $69,862 -12,742 -15.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,089 19.9% 2,247 34.3% 1,158 106.3 14.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $552 $550 -2 -0.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,596 81.7% 4,759 69.0% 163 3.5 -12.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 12 0.2% 6 0.1% -6 -50.0 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1966.8 1969.0 2.2 0.1 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