Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: McAlester city GEOCODE:40-1490 OK ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 17,255 100.0% 16,390 100.0% -865 -5.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,618 78.9% 12,635 77.1% -983 -7.2 -1.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,602 9.3% 1,481 9.0% -121 -7.6 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 14,512 84.1% 13,347 81.4% -1,165 -8.0 -2.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,516 8.8% 1,263 7.7% -253 -16.7 -1.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 47 0.3% 69 0.4% 22 46.8 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,135 6.6% 1,610 9.8% 475 41.9 3.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 141 0.8% 280 1.7% 139 98.6 0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,141 6.6% 936 5.7% -205 -18.0 -0.9 5-17.................. 3,015 17.5% 2,746 16.8% -269 -8.9 -0.7 18-24.................. 1,717 10.0% 1,371 8.4% -346 -20.2 -1.6 25-44.................. 4,429 25.7% 4,660 28.4% 231 5.2 2.8 45-64.................. 3,783 21.9% 3,277 20.0% -506 -13.4 -1.9 65 AND OVER............ 3,170 18.4% 3,400 20.7% 230 7.3 2.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,156 24.1% 3,682 22.5% -474 -11.4 -1.6 40 AND OVER............ 7,860 45.6% 7,576 46.2% -284 -3.6 0.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 35.8 37.4 1.7 4.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,376 $19,906 530 2.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,859 $24,301 -1,558 -6.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,580 $10,560 980 10.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,485 15.9% 2,995 19.9% 510 20.5 4.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,545 100.0% 6,497 100.0% -48 -0.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,565 69.7% 4,351 67.0% -214 -4.7 -2.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,073 31.7% 2,142 33.0% 69 3.3 1.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,764 57.5% 3,422 52.7% -342 -9.1 -4.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,616 24.7% 1,459 22.5% -157 -9.7 -2.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 731 11.2% 802 12.3% 71 9.7 1.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 426 6.5% 459 7.1% 33 7.7 0.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,929 29.5% 2,052 31.6% 123 6.4 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -4.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,382 100.0% 11,337 100.0% -45 -0.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,554 31.2% 3,377 29.8% -177 -5.0 -1.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,285 11.3% 1,332 11.7% 47 3.7 0.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,590 100.0% 6,592 100.0% 2 0.0 FEMALE................ 2,975 45.1% 3,160 47.9% 185 6.2 2.8 EMPLOYED.............. 6,142 93.2% 5,993 90.9% -149 -2.4 -2.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,350 20.5% 1,513 23.0% 163 12.1 2.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 898 13.6% 1,040 15.8% 142 15.8 2.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,186 100.0% 7,242 100.0% 56 0.8 OCCUPIED.............. 6,526 90.8% 6,471 89.4% -55 -0.8 -1.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,570 70.0% 4,385 67.8% -185 -4.0 -2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $47,881 $42,227 -5,654 -11.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,956 30.0% 2,086 32.2% 130 6.6 2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $252 $296 44 17.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,068 84.4% 5,945 82.1% -123 -2.0 -2.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 75 1.0% 132 1.8% 57 76.0 0.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1951.9 1960.0 8.1 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