Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Altoona city GEOCODE:42-0190 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 57,078 100.0% 51,881 100.0% -5,197 -9.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 49,139 86.1% 43,367 83.6% -5,772 -11.7 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,222 2.1% 753 1.5% -469 -38.4 -0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 55,961 98.0% 50,825 98.0% -5,136 -9.2 -0.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 930 1.6% 796 1.5% -134 -14.4 -0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 133 0.2% 143 0.3% 10 7.5 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 30 0.1% 62 0.1% 32 106.7 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 80 0.1% 141 0.3% 61 76.3 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,792 6.6% 3,403 6.6% -389 -10.3 -0.1 5-17.................. 11,219 19.7% 9,285 17.9% -1,934 -17.2 -1.8 18-24.................. 6,851 12.0% 4,767 9.2% -2,084 -30.4 -2.8 25-44.................. 13,169 23.1% 14,714 28.4% 1,545 11.7 5.3 45-64.................. 12,600 22.1% 10,058 19.4% -2,542 -20.2 -2.7 65 AND OVER............ 9,447 16.6% 9,654 18.6% 207 2.2 2.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 15,011 26.3% 12,688 24.5% -2,323 -15.5 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 24,779 43.4% 22,987 44.3% -1,792 -7.2 0.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.5 36.0 2.4 7.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,159 $20,695 -2,464 -10.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,142 $26,610 -2,532 -8.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,033 $10,398 365 3.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,846 12.3% 9,218 18.0% 2,372 34.6 5.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 21,043 100.0% 20,623 100.0% -420 -2.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 14,985 71.2% 13,964 67.7% -1,021 -6.8 -3.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,899 32.8% 6,992 33.9% 93 1.3 1.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 11,872 56.4% 10,525 51.0% -1,347 -11.3 -5.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,711 27.1% 4,700 22.8% -1,011 -17.7 -4.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,572 12.2% 2,732 13.2% 160 6.2 1.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,158 5.5% 1,388 6.7% 230 19.9 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,573 26.5% 5,899 28.6% 326 5.8 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -6.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 35,216 100.0% 34,426 100.0% -790 -2.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 16,217 46.1% 16,562 48.1% 345 2.1 2.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,728 7.7% 3,264 9.5% 536 19.6 1.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 23,605 100.0% 22,941 100.0% -664 -2.8 FEMALE................ 10,169 43.1% 10,702 46.7% 533 5.2 3.6 EMPLOYED.............. 21,193 89.8% 21,061 91.8% -132 -0.6 2.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,063 17.2% 3,998 17.4% -65 -1.6 0.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,982 12.6% 3,533 15.4% 551 18.5 2.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 22,474 100.0% 22,698 100.0% 224 1.0 OCCUPIED.............. 21,156 94.1% 20,684 91.1% -472 -2.2 -3.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 14,403 68.1% 13,669 66.1% -734 -5.1 -2.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $44,504 $36,561 -7,943 -17.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,753 31.9% 7,015 33.9% 262 3.9 2.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $295 $285 -10 -3.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 16,644 74.1% 16,959 74.7% 315 1.9 0.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 7 0.0% 35 0.2% 28 400.0 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1932.2 1939.0 6.8 0.3 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