Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Abilene city GEOCODE:48-0015 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 98,312 100.0% 106,665 100.0% 8,353 8.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 80,718 82.1% 87,054 81.6% 6,336 7.8 -0.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 7,395 7.5% 6,730 6.3% -665 -9.0 -1.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 83,437 84.9% 88,067 82.6% 4,630 5.5 -2.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 6,632 6.7% 7,418 7.0% 786 11.9 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,032 1.0% 1,358 1.3% 326 31.6 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 332 0.3% 379 0.4% 47 14.2 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 12,281 12.5% 16,099 15.1% 3,818 31.1 2.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 7,969 8.1% 8,887 8.3% 918 11.5 0.2 5-17.................. 19,131 19.5% 19,971 18.7% 840 4.4 -0.7 18-24.................. 18,573 18.9% 14,903 14.0% -3,670 -19.8 -4.9 25-44.................. 25,575 26.0% 33,172 31.1% 7,597 29.7 5.1 45-64.................. 17,088 17.4% 17,327 16.2% 239 1.4 -1.1 65 AND OVER............ 9,976 10.1% 12,405 11.6% 2,429 24.3 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 27,100 27.6% 28,858 27.1% 1,758 6.5 -0.5 40 AND OVER............ 31,984 32.5% 35,984 33.7% 4,000 12.5 1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.0 29.8 2.9 10.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,789 $24,725 -1,064 -4.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,443 $29,373 -1,070 -3.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,628 $11,857 229 2.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 10,978 12.1% 15,244 15.3% 4,266 38.9 3.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 33,908 100.0% 38,298 100.0% 4,390 12.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 25,296 74.6% 27,319 71.3% 2,023 8.0 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 15,219 44.9% 16,496 43.1% 1,277 8.4 -1.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 22,121 65.2% 22,970 60.0% 849 3.8 -5.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 11,195 33.0% 11,569 30.2% 374 3.3 -2.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,612 7.7% 3,511 9.2% 899 34.4 1.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,583 4.7% 2,189 5.7% 606 38.3 1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 7,483 22.1% 9,579 25.0% 2,096 28.0 2.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -2.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 52,639 100.0% 62,904 100.0% 10,265 19.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 15,626 29.7% 17,306 27.5% 1,680 10.8 -2.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 9,766 18.6% 13,819 22.0% 4,053 41.5 3.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 44,207 100.0% 47,623 100.0% 3,416 7.7 FEMALE................ 19,999 45.2% 23,047 48.4% 3,048 15.2 3.2 EMPLOYED.............. 42,574 96.3% 44,317 93.1% 1,743 4.1 -3.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 9,676 21.9% 12,293 25.8% 2,617 27.0 3.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 6,772 15.3% 7,431 15.6% 659 9.7 0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 36,306 100.0% 44,422 100.0% 8,116 22.4 OCCUPIED.............. 33,948 93.5% 38,386 86.4% 4,438 13.1 -7.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 21,433 63.1% 22,824 59.5% 1,391 6.5 -3.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $64,980 $53,970 -11,010 -16.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 12,515 36.9% 15,562 40.5% 3,047 24.3 3.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $365 $380 15 4.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 28,349 78.1% 32,261 72.6% 3,912 13.8 -5.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 988 2.7% 1,787 4.0% 799 80.9 1.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.7 1963.0 6.3 0.3 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