Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Washington city GEOCODE:42-8590 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,363 100.0% 15,864 100.0% -2,499 -13.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 14,449 78.7% 11,603 73.1% -2,846 -19.7 -5.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,155 6.3% 1,162 7.3% 7 0.6 1.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 16,210 88.3% 13,715 86.5% -2,495 -15.4 -1.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,000 10.9% 2,071 13.1% 71 3.6 2.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 80 0.4% 20 0.1% -60 -75.0 -0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 62 0.3% 16 0.1% -46 -74.2 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 95 0.5% 70 0.4% -25 -26.3 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,151 6.3% 1,058 6.7% -93 -8.1 0.4 5-17.................. 2,846 15.5% 2,119 13.4% -727 -25.5 -2.1 18-24.................. 3,106 16.9% 2,392 15.1% -714 -23.0 -1.8 25-44.................. 4,241 23.1% 4,344 27.4% 103 2.4 4.3 45-64.................. 3,993 21.7% 3,005 18.9% -988 -24.7 -2.8 65 AND OVER............ 3,026 16.5% 2,946 18.6% -80 -2.6 2.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,997 21.8% 3,177 20.0% -820 -20.5 -1.7 40 AND OVER............ 7,777 42.3% 6,872 43.3% -905 -11.6 1.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.0 34.8 2.8 8.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,952 $16,365 -6,587 -28.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,917 $21,985 -7,932 -26.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,861 $9,492 -1,369 -12.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,560 14.8% 3,755 25.5% 1,195 46.7 10.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,115 100.0% 6,636 100.0% -479 -6.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,672 65.7% 3,899 58.8% -773 -16.5 -6.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,119 29.8% 1,671 25.2% -448 -21.1 -4.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,591 50.5% 2,636 39.7% -955 -26.6 -10.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,413 19.9% 1,013 15.3% -400 -28.3 -4.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 909 12.8% 1,016 15.3% 107 11.8 2.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 446 6.3% 554 8.3% 108 24.2 2.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,185 30.7% 2,450 36.9% 265 12.1 6.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.2 -0.2 -8.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,260 100.0% 10,295 100.0% -965 -8.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,192 37.2% 3,724 36.2% -468 -11.2 -1.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,235 11.0% 1,250 12.1% 15 1.2 1.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,887 100.0% 6,483 100.0% -1,404 -17.8 FEMALE................ 3,485 44.2% 3,018 46.6% -467 -13.4 2.4 EMPLOYED.............. 7,050 89.4% 5,736 88.5% -1,314 -18.6 -0.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,245 15.8% 1,107 17.1% -138 -11.1 1.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,284 16.3% 1,234 19.0% -50 -3.9 2.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,599 100.0% 7,380 100.0% -219 -2.9 OCCUPIED.............. 7,137 93.9% 6,630 89.8% -507 -7.1 -4.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,437 48.2% 3,033 45.7% -404 -11.8 -2.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $56,868 $42,863 -14,005 -24.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,700 51.8% 3,597 54.3% -103 -2.8 2.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $336 $321 -15 -4.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,375 57.6% 4,138 56.1% -237 -5.4 -1.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 46 0.6% 33 0.4% -13 -28.3 -0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1933.6 1939.0 5.4 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