Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: West Columbia city GEOCODE:45-1525 SC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 10,409 100.0% 10,588 100.0% 179 1.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 8,623 82.8% 8,477 80.1% -146 -1.7 -2.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 61 0.6% 7 0.1% -54 -88.5 -0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 9,080 87.2% 8,661 81.8% -419 -4.6 -5.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,211 11.6% 1,900 17.9% 689 56.9 6.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 29 0.3% 21 0.2% -8 -27.6 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 72 0.7% 0 0.0% -72-100.0 -0.7 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 28 0.3% 74 0.7% 46 164.3 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 616 5.9% 730 6.9% 114 18.5 1.0 5-17.................. 1,695 16.3% 1,411 13.3% -284 -16.8 -3.0 18-24.................. 1,894 18.2% 1,291 12.2% -603 -31.8 -6.0 25-44.................. 2,788 26.8% 3,362 31.8% 574 20.6 5.0 45-64.................. 2,408 23.1% 2,219 21.0% -189 -7.8 -2.2 65 AND OVER............ 1,008 9.7% 1,575 14.9% 567 56.3 5.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,311 22.2% 2,141 20.2% -170 -7.4 -2.0 40 AND OVER............ 3,943 37.9% 4,480 42.3% 538 13.6 4.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.3 34.4 5.0 17.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,624 $23,038 414 1.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,280 $29,191 1,911 7.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,384 $11,899 515 4.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,676 16.3% 1,549 14.6% -127 -7.6 -1.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,202 100.0% 4,653 100.0% 451 10.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,849 67.8% 2,955 63.5% 106 3.7 -4.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,662 39.6% 1,695 36.4% 33 2.0 -3.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,133 50.8% 2,082 44.7% -51 -2.4 -6.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 902 21.5% 716 15.4% -186 -20.6 -6.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 602 14.3% 702 15.1% 100 16.6 0.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 301 7.2% 345 7.4% 44 14.6 0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,055 25.1% 1,342 28.8% 287 27.2 3.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.2 -7.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,204 100.0% 7,156 100.0% 952 15.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,708 27.5% 2,288 32.0% 580 34.0 4.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 870 14.0% 1,121 15.7% 251 28.9 1.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,680 100.0% 5,909 100.0% 229 4.0 FEMALE................ 2,641 46.5% 2,972 50.3% 331 12.5 3.8 EMPLOYED.............. 5,435 95.7% 5,661 95.8% 226 4.2 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,203 21.2% 1,254 21.2% 51 4.2 0.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 577 10.2% 865 14.6% 288 49.9 4.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,398 100.0% 5,101 100.0% 703 16.0 OCCUPIED.............. 4,170 94.8% 4,609 90.4% 439 10.5 -4.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,303 55.2% 2,610 56.6% 307 13.3 1.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $55,988 $59,935 3,947 7.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,867 44.8% 1,999 43.4% 132 7.1 -1.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $370 $381 11 3.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,024 68.8% 3,331 65.3% 307 10.2 -3.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 93 2.1% 220 4.3% 127 136.6 2.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.5 1959.0 2.5 0.1 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