Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Ironton city GEOCODE:39-1920 OH ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,288 100.0% 12,751 100.0% -1,537 -10.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,228 85.6% 10,549 82.7% -1,679 -13.7 -2.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 257 1.8% 343 2.7% 86 33.5 0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 13,486 94.4% 12,021 94.3% -1,465 -10.9 -0.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 751 5.3% 702 5.5% -49 -6.5 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 30 0.2% 28 0.2% -2 -6.7 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 21 0.1% 0 0.0% -21-100.0 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 76 0.5% 4 0.0% -72 -94.7 -0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 962 6.7% 791 6.2% -171 -17.8 -0.5 5-17.................. 2,688 18.8% 2,237 17.5% -451 -16.8 -1.3 18-24.................. 1,569 11.0% 1,113 8.7% -456 -29.1 -2.3 25-44.................. 3,310 23.2% 3,463 27.2% 153 4.6 4.0 45-64.................. 3,354 23.5% 2,577 20.2% -777 -23.2 -3.3 65 AND OVER............ 2,405 16.8% 2,570 20.2% 165 6.9 3.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,650 25.5% 3,028 23.7% -622 -17.0 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 6,435 45.0% 5,944 46.6% -491 -7.6 1.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 34.8 37.7 2.9 8.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,616 $17,248 -4,368 -20.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,729 $25,295 -4,434 -14.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,834 $10,217 -617 -5.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,125 15.2% 2,953 23.8% 828 39.0 8.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,680 100.0% 5,347 100.0% -333 -5.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,965 69.8% 3,585 67.0% -380 -9.6 -2.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,612 28.4% 1,520 28.4% -92 -5.7 0.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,172 55.8% 2,654 49.6% -518 -16.3 -6.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,484 26.1% 1,162 21.7% -322 -21.7 -4.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 664 11.7% 757 14.2% 93 14.0 2.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 343 6.0% 452 8.5% 109 31.8 2.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,638 28.8% 1,667 31.2% 29 1.8 2.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.1 -6.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,069 100.0% 8,610 100.0% -459 -5.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,816 42.1% 3,327 38.6% -489 -12.8 -3.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 656 7.2% 831 9.7% 175 26.7 2.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,515 100.0% 4,936 100.0% -579 -10.5 FEMALE................ 2,284 41.4% 2,301 46.6% 17 0.7 5.2 EMPLOYED.............. 4,887 88.6% 4,295 87.0% -592 -12.1 -1.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 932 16.9% 875 17.7% -57 -6.1 0.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 744 13.5% 611 12.4% -133 -17.9 -1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,021 100.0% 5,720 100.0% -301 -5.0 OCCUPIED.............. 5,659 94.0% 5,304 92.7% -355 -6.3 -1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,569 63.1% 3,211 60.5% -358 -10.0 -2.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $60,202 $44,581 -15,621 -25.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,090 36.9% 2,093 39.5% 3 0.1 2.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $279 $273 -6 -2.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,345 72.2% 4,317 75.5% -28 -0.6 3.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 83 1.4% 67 1.2% -16 -19.3 -0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1938.9 1946.0 7.1 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