Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Dyersburg city GEOCODE:47-0420 TN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 15,856 100.0% 16,317 100.0% 461 2.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,797 87.0% 13,400 82.1% -397 -2.9 -4.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 231 1.5% 482 3.0% 251 108.7 1.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,824 80.9% 13,076 80.1% 252 2.0 -0.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,989 18.9% 3,170 19.4% 181 6.1 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 0 0.0% 17 0.1% 17 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 43 0.3% 45 0.3% 2 4.7 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 133 0.8% 143 0.9% 10 7.5 0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,113 7.0% 1,235 7.6% 122 11.0 0.5 5-17.................. 3,318 20.9% 2,767 17.0% -551 -16.6 -4.0 18-24.................. 1,847 11.6% 1,743 10.7% -104 -5.6 -1.0 25-44.................. 3,993 25.2% 4,710 28.9% 717 18.0 3.7 45-64.................. 3,109 19.6% 3,055 18.7% -54 -1.7 -0.9 65 AND OVER............ 2,476 15.6% 2,807 17.2% 331 13.4 1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,431 27.9% 4,002 24.5% -429 -9.7 -3.4 40 AND OVER............ 6,408 40.4% 6,823 41.8% 415 6.5 1.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.1 34.2 2.1 6.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,908 $20,053 145 0.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,029 $25,961 932 3.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,964 $11,400 1,436 14.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,556 16.4% 3,597 22.7% 1,041 40.7 6.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,055 100.0% 6,720 100.0% 665 11.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,362 72.0% 4,499 66.9% 137 3.1 -5.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,218 36.6% 2,465 36.7% 247 11.1 0.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,484 57.5% 3,238 48.2% -246 -7.1 -9.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,633 27.0% 1,506 22.4% -127 -7.8 -4.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 778 12.8% 1,053 15.7% 275 35.3 2.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 398 6.6% 670 10.0% 272 68.3 3.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,590 26.3% 2,058 30.6% 468 29.4 4.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -8.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,578 100.0% 10,572 100.0% 994 10.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,411 25.2% 2,460 23.3% 49 2.0 -1.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 878 9.2% 1,264 12.0% 386 44.0 2.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,903 100.0% 7,515 100.0% 612 8.9 FEMALE................ 3,168 45.9% 3,623 48.2% 455 14.4 2.3 EMPLOYED.............. 6,459 93.6% 6,960 92.6% 501 7.8 -1.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,160 16.8% 1,440 19.2% 280 24.1 2.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 821 11.9% 971 12.9% 150 18.3 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,417 100.0% 7,041 100.0% 624 9.7 OCCUPIED.............. 6,089 94.9% 6,696 95.1% 607 10.0 0.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,672 60.3% 3,605 53.8% -67 -1.8 -6.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $55,293 $52,351 -2,941 -5.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,417 39.7% 3,091 46.2% 674 27.9 6.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $281 $311 30 10.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,886 76.1% 4,714 67.0% -172 -3.5 -9.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 195 3.0% 180 2.6% -15 -7.7 -0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1955.0 1965.0 10.0 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