Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Gaffney city GEOCODE:45-0505 SC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,453 100.0% 13,145 100.0% -308 -2.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,879 88.3% 11,154 84.9% -725 -6.1 -3.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 375 2.8% 290 2.2% -85 -22.7 -0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 9,007 67.0% 7,894 60.1% -1,113 -12.4 -6.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 4,365 32.4% 5,162 39.3% 797 18.3 6.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 68 0.5% 72 0.5% 4 5.9 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 6 0.0% 10 0.1% 4 66.7 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 93 0.7% 0 0.0% -93-100.0 -0.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 928 6.9% 965 7.3% 37 4.0 0.4 5-17.................. 3,111 23.1% 2,473 18.8% -638 -20.5 -4.3 18-24.................. 1,639 12.2% 1,593 12.1% -46 -2.8 -0.1 25-44.................. 3,385 25.2% 3,590 27.3% 205 6.1 2.1 45-64.................. 2,750 20.4% 2,595 19.7% -155 -5.6 -0.7 65 AND OVER............ 1,640 12.2% 1,929 14.7% 289 17.6 2.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,039 30.0% 3,438 26.2% -601 -14.9 -3.9 40 AND OVER............ 5,094 37.9% 5,385 41.0% 291 5.7 3.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.2 33.1 2.9 9.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,634 $21,515 -3,119 -12.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,905 $26,836 -3,069 -10.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,106 $10,712 606 6.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,219 17.0% 2,656 20.7% 437 19.7 3.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,590 100.0% 4,957 100.0% 367 8.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,472 75.6% 3,419 69.0% -53 -1.5 -6.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,140 46.6% 1,778 35.9% -362 -16.9 -10.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,757 60.1% 2,168 43.7% -589 -21.4 -16.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,363 29.7% 895 18.1% -468 -34.3 -11.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 638 13.9% 1,080 21.8% 442 69.3 7.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 343 7.5% 608 12.3% 265 77.3 4.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,059 23.1% 1,420 28.6% 361 34.1 5.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.3 -9.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,775 100.0% 8,114 100.0% 339 4.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,768 22.7% 2,583 31.8% 815 46.1 9.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,187 15.3% 1,013 12.5% -174 -14.7 -2.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,313 100.0% 6,385 100.0% 72 1.1 FEMALE................ 2,996 47.5% 3,234 50.6% 238 7.9 3.2 EMPLOYED.............. 5,814 92.1% 5,792 90.7% -22 -0.4 -1.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,243 19.7% 1,041 16.3% -202 -16.3 -3.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 659 10.4% 776 12.2% 117 17.8 1.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,955 100.0% 5,450 100.0% 495 10.0 OCCUPIED.............. 4,594 92.7% 5,030 92.3% 436 9.5 -0.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,113 67.8% 3,124 62.1% 11 0.4 -5.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $59,965 $56,967 -2,998 -5.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,481 32.2% 1,906 37.9% 425 28.7 5.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $273 $298 25 9.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,974 80.2% 4,005 73.5% 31 0.8 -6.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 42 0.8% 125 2.3% 83 197.6 1.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.6 1964.0 9.4 0.5 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