Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Myrtle Beach city GEOCODE:45-0945 SC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,446 100.0% 24,848 100.0% 6,402 34.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 15,368 83.3% 17,692 71.2% 2,324 15.1 -12.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 992 5.4% 2,555 10.3% 1,563 157.6 4.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,520 84.1% 20,922 84.2% 5,402 34.8 0.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,605 14.1% 3,544 14.3% 939 36.0 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 184 1.0% 246 1.0% 62 33.7 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 26 0.1% 59 0.2% 33 126.9 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 414 2.2% 245 1.0% -169 -40.8 -1.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,446 7.8% 1,527 6.1% 81 5.6 -1.7 5-17.................. 3,441 18.7% 3,300 13.3% -141 -4.1 -5.4 18-24.................. 3,246 17.6% 3,562 14.3% 316 9.7 -3.3 25-44.................. 5,373 29.1% 9,540 38.4% 4,167 77.6 9.3 45-64.................. 3,290 17.8% 4,002 16.1% 712 21.6 -1.7 65 AND OVER............ 1,650 8.9% 2,917 11.7% 1,267 76.8 2.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,887 26.5% 4,827 19.4% -60 -1.2 -7.1 40 AND OVER............ 5,882 31.9% 8,401 33.8% 2,519 42.8 1.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.7 31.2 3.6 12.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,938 $24,869 -1,069 -4.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,872 $29,493 621 2.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,472 $14,752 2,280 18.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,898 10.9% 2,602 11.7% 704 37.1 0.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,611 100.0% 9,574 100.0% 2,963 44.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,834 73.1% 5,999 62.7% 1,165 24.1 -10.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,025 45.8% 3,571 37.3% 546 18.0 -8.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,142 62.7% 4,770 49.8% 628 15.2 -12.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,146 32.5% 2,100 21.9% -46 -2.1 -10.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 544 8.2% 1,022 10.7% 478 87.9 2.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 350 5.3% 534 5.6% 184 52.6 0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,507 22.8% 2,731 28.5% 1,224 81.2 5.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.3 -0.3 -11.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,313 100.0% 16,459 100.0% 6,146 59.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,512 34.1% 4,771 29.0% 1,259 35.8 -5.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,150 20.8% 3,528 21.4% 1,378 64.1 0.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,257 100.0% 11,672 100.0% 3,415 41.4 FEMALE................ 4,125 50.0% 5,874 50.3% 1,749 42.4 0.4 EMPLOYED.............. 7,932 96.1% 11,053 94.7% 3,121 39.3 -1.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,143 26.0% 2,971 25.5% 828 38.6 -0.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,745 21.1% 2,435 20.9% 690 39.5 -0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,724 100.0% 13,327 100.0% 5,603 72.5 OCCUPIED.............. 6,618 85.7% 9,603 72.1% 2,985 45.1 -13.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,192 48.2% 4,483 46.7% 1,291 40.4 -1.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $122,172 $131,997 9,825 8.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,426 51.8% 5,120 53.3% 1,694 49.4 1.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $377 $435 58 15.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,656 47.3% 5,375 40.3% 1,719 47.0 -7.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 461 6.0% 1,089 8.2% 628 136.2 2.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.3 1977.0 12.7 0.6 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