Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Charleston city GEOCODE:45-0245 SC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 69,510 100.0% 80,414 100.0% 10,904 15.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 55,207 79.4% 59,664 74.2% 4,457 8.1 -5.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,828 5.5% 5,588 6.9% 1,760 46.0 1.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 36,691 52.8% 46,037 57.2% 9,346 25.5 4.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 32,419 46.6% 33,490 41.6% 1,071 3.3 -5.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 169 0.2% 618 0.8% 449 265.7 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 37 0.1% 76 0.1% 39 105.4 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 917 1.3% 504 0.6% -413 -45.0 -0.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,156 6.0% 5,673 7.1% 1,517 36.5 1.1 5-17.................. 12,911 18.6% 12,125 15.1% -786 -6.1 -3.5 18-24.................. 12,828 18.5% 13,911 17.3% 1,083 8.4 -1.2 25-44.................. 17,371 25.0% 25,641 31.9% 8,270 47.6 6.9 45-64.................. 13,732 19.8% 12,659 15.7% -1,073 -7.8 -4.0 65 AND OVER............ 8,512 12.2% 10,405 12.9% 1,893 22.2 0.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 17,067 24.6% 17,798 22.1% 731 4.3 -2.4 40 AND OVER............ 25,295 36.4% 28,199 35.1% 2,904 11.5 -1.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.8 30.6 1.8 6.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,034 $25,153 2,119 9.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,108 $32,212 3,104 10.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,795 $14,093 2,298 19.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 14,358 21.8% 16,227 21.6% 1,869 13.0 -0.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 25,182 100.0% 30,867 100.0% 5,685 22.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 16,569 65.8% 18,969 61.5% 2,400 14.5 -4.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,588 34.1% 10,765 34.9% 2,177 25.3 0.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 11,413 45.3% 13,061 42.3% 1,648 14.4 -3.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,111 20.3% 5,581 18.1% 470 9.2 -2.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 4,534 18.0% 5,032 16.3% 498 11.0 -1.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,407 9.6% 2,709 8.8% 302 12.5 -0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 7,244 28.8% 9,368 30.3% 2,124 29.3 1.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -7.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 39,615 100.0% 48,705 100.0% 9,090 22.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,006 22.7% 10,416 21.4% 1,410 15.7 -1.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 9,736 24.6% 14,337 29.4% 4,601 47.3 4.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 31,328 100.0% 39,083 100.0% 7,755 24.8 FEMALE................ 15,256 48.7% 19,996 51.2% 4,740 31.1 2.5 EMPLOYED.............. 29,233 93.3% 36,988 94.6% 7,755 26.5 1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 8,338 26.6% 11,673 29.9% 3,335 40.0 3.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 5,198 16.6% 7,130 18.2% 1,932 37.2 1.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 27,228 100.0% 34,322 100.0% 7,094 26.1 OCCUPIED.............. 25,267 92.8% 30,753 89.6% 5,486 21.7 -3.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 11,417 45.2% 14,806 48.1% 3,389 29.7 3.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $95,291 $122,240 26,949 28.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 13,850 54.8% 15,947 51.9% 2,097 15.1 -3.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $349 $428 79 22.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 13,105 48.1% 16,695 48.6% 3,590 27.4 0.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 222 0.8% 433 1.3% 211 95.0 0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1951.3 1964.0 12.7 0.7 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