Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Athens city GEOCODE:47-0055 TN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,080 100.0% 12,054 100.0% -26 -0.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,631 88.0% 9,990 82.9% -641 -6.0 -5.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 347 2.9% 522 4.3% 175 50.4 1.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,985 90.9% 10,923 90.6% -62 -0.6 -0.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,061 8.8% 1,063 8.8% 2 0.2 0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 11 0.1% 40 0.3% 29 263.6 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 5 0.0% 19 0.2% 14 280.0 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 32 0.3% 25 0.2% -7 -21.9 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 900 7.5% 775 6.4% -125 -13.9 -1.0 5-17.................. 2,415 20.0% 2,055 17.0% -360 -14.9 -2.9 18-24.................. 1,550 12.8% 1,364 11.3% -186 -12.0 -1.5 25-44.................. 3,078 25.5% 3,459 28.7% 381 12.4 3.2 45-64.................. 2,518 20.8% 2,419 20.1% -99 -3.9 -0.8 65 AND OVER............ 1,619 13.4% 1,982 16.4% 363 22.4 3.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,315 27.4% 2,830 23.5% -485 -14.6 -4.0 40 AND OVER............ 4,762 39.4% 5,192 43.1% 431 9.0 3.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.3 34.6 3.3 10.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,180 $19,259 -2,921 -13.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,701 $24,179 -2,522 -9.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,111 $10,286 175 1.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,153 18.4% 2,681 23.3% 528 24.5 5.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,432 100.0% 4,882 100.0% 450 10.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,375 76.2% 3,426 70.2% 51 1.5 -6.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,722 38.9% 1,746 35.8% 24 1.4 -3.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,783 62.8% 2,496 51.1% -287 -10.3 -11.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,290 29.1% 1,150 23.6% -140 -10.9 -5.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 530 12.0% 819 16.8% 289 54.5 4.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 342 7.7% 518 10.6% 176 51.5 2.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,017 22.9% 1,372 28.1% 355 34.9 5.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.3 -10.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,215 100.0% 7,860 100.0% 645 8.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,919 26.6% 1,971 25.1% 52 2.7 -1.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 789 10.9% 1,367 17.4% 578 73.3 6.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,397 100.0% 5,444 100.0% 47 0.9 FEMALE................ 2,422 44.9% 2,571 47.2% 149 6.2 2.3 EMPLOYED.............. 5,028 93.2% 4,934 90.6% -94 -1.9 -2.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 961 17.8% 1,117 20.5% 156 16.2 2.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 665 12.3% 592 10.9% -73 -11.0 -1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,784 100.0% 5,184 100.0% 400 8.4 OCCUPIED.............. 4,445 92.9% 4,844 93.4% 399 9.0 0.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,914 65.6% 3,045 62.9% 131 4.5 -2.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $56,783 $54,259 -2,524 -4.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,531 34.4% 1,799 37.1% 268 17.5 2.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $255 $252 -3 -1.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,686 77.0% 3,620 69.8% -66 -1.8 -7.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 119 2.5% 214 4.1% 95 79.8 1.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.3 1964.0 7.7 0.4 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