Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Chester city GEOCODE:42-1855 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 45,794 100.0% 41,856 100.0% -3,938 -8.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 38,701 84.5% 34,529 82.5% -4,172 -10.8 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,393 3.0% 1,881 4.5% 488 35.0 1.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 19,161 41.8% 13,380 32.0% -5,781 -30.2 -9.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 26,009 56.8% 27,297 65.2% 1,288 5.0 8.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 73 0.2% 206 0.5% 133 182.2 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 51 0.1% 45 0.1% -6 -11.8 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 924 2.0% 1,482 3.5% 558 60.4 1.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,704 8.1% 3,899 9.3% 195 5.3 1.2 5-17.................. 9,919 21.7% 7,817 18.7% -2,102 -21.2 -3.0 18-24.................. 6,507 14.2% 5,444 13.0% -1,063 -16.3 -1.2 25-44.................. 10,375 22.7% 12,123 29.0% 1,748 16.8 6.3 45-64.................. 9,441 20.6% 6,878 16.4% -2,563 -27.1 -4.2 65 AND OVER............ 5,848 12.8% 5,695 13.6% -153 -2.6 0.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 13,623 29.7% 11,716 28.0% -1,907 -14.0 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 17,212 37.6% 15,041 35.9% -2,171 -12.6 -1.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.9 30.2 1.3 4.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,664 $20,864 1,200 6.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,278 $24,893 615 2.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,513 $9,115 602 7.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 11,448 25.9% 10,092 25.2% -1,356 -11.8 -0.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 15,824 100.0% 14,424 100.0% -1,400 -8.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,968 69.3% 9,801 67.9% -1,167 -10.6 -1.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,507 28.5% 4,547 31.5% 40 0.9 3.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,389 40.4% 4,765 33.0% -1,624 -25.4 -7.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,974 18.8% 2,232 15.5% -742 -24.9 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,796 24.0% 4,216 29.2% 420 11.1 5.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,430 15.4% 2,245 15.6% -185 -7.6 0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,281 27.1% 3,993 27.7% -288 -6.7 0.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.8 -0.0 -1.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 25,664 100.0% 24,696 100.0% -968 -3.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,015 35.1% 9,063 36.7% 48 0.5 1.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,259 4.9% 1,896 7.7% 637 50.6 2.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 18,130 100.0% 17,951 100.0% -179 -1.0 FEMALE................ 8,627 47.6% 9,090 50.6% 463 5.4 3.1 EMPLOYED.............. 15,913 87.8% 15,715 87.5% -198 -1.2 -0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,849 10.2% 2,622 14.6% 773 41.8 4.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,946 21.8% 3,720 20.7% -226 -5.7 -1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 17,823 100.0% 16,512 100.0% -1,311 -7.4 OCCUPIED.............. 15,897 89.2% 14,537 88.0% -1,360 -8.6 -1.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,545 53.8% 7,776 53.5% -769 -9.0 -0.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $35,972 $41,127 5,155 14.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 7,352 46.2% 6,761 46.5% -591 -8.0 0.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $311 $392 81 26.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 12,203 68.5% 11,307 68.5% -896 -7.3 0.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 6 0.0% 11 0.1% 5 83.3 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1938.5 1944.0 5.5 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