Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Reading city GEOCODE:42-7418 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 78,686 100.0% 78,380 100.0% -306 -0.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 63,437 80.6% 62,301 79.5% -1,136 -1.8 -1.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,582 2.0% 1,786 2.3% 204 12.9 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 66,735 84.8% 61,761 78.8% -4,974 -7.5 -6.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 6,213 7.9% 7,646 9.8% 1,433 23.1 1.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 502 0.6% 956 1.2% 454 90.4 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 92 0.1% 134 0.2% 42 45.7 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 7,763 9.9% 14,130 18.0% 6,367 82.0 8.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 5,222 6.6% 6,450 8.2% 1,228 23.5 1.6 5-17.................. 14,212 18.1% 13,494 17.2% -718 -5.1 -0.8 18-24.................. 10,288 13.1% 9,193 11.7% -1,095 -10.6 -1.3 25-44.................. 17,962 22.8% 22,552 28.8% 4,590 25.6 5.9 45-64.................. 17,006 21.6% 13,643 17.4% -3,363 -19.8 -4.2 65 AND OVER............ 13,996 17.8% 13,048 16.6% -948 -6.8 -1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 19,434 24.7% 19,944 25.4% 510 2.6 0.7 40 AND OVER............ 34,524 43.9% 31,163 39.8% -3,361 -9.7 -4.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.7 32.3 -1.4 -4.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,706 $22,112 1,406 6.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,775 $27,277 -498 -1.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,390 $11,041 651 6.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 13,244 17.2% 14,857 19.4% 1,613 12.2 2.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 32,114 100.0% 31,299 100.0% -815 -2.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 20,193 62.9% 19,343 61.8% -850 -4.2 -1.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 9,557 29.8% 10,059 32.1% 502 5.3 2.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 14,946 46.5% 12,802 40.9% -2,144 -14.3 -5.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 6,307 19.6% 5,316 17.0% -991 -15.7 -2.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 4,192 13.1% 4,979 15.9% 787 18.8 2.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,412 7.5% 3,076 9.8% 664 27.5 2.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 10,529 32.8% 10,083 32.2% -446 -4.2 -0.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.4 0.0 1.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 48,964 100.0% 49,243 100.0% 279 0.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 16,226 33.1% 18,355 37.3% 2,129 13.1 4.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,378 6.9% 4,196 8.5% 818 24.2 1.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 36,029 100.0% 37,425 100.0% 1,396 3.9 FEMALE................ 16,300 45.2% 17,716 47.3% 1,416 8.7 2.1 EMPLOYED.............. 33,354 92.6% 34,188 91.4% 834 2.5 -1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,040 11.2% 5,445 14.5% 1,405 34.8 3.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,888 13.6% 5,260 14.1% 372 7.6 0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 34,134 100.0% 34,276 100.0% 142 0.4 OCCUPIED.............. 31,902 93.5% 31,403 91.6% -499 -1.6 -1.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 18,126 56.8% 17,559 55.9% -567 -3.1 -0.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $38,714 $44,359 5,644 14.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 13,776 43.2% 13,844 44.1% 68 0.5 0.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $284 $352 68 24.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 21,164 62.0% 21,385 62.4% 221 1.0 0.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 41 0.1% 5 0.0% -36 -87.8 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1931.2 1939.0 7.8 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