Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Amarillo city GEOCODE:48-0100 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 149,230 100.0% 157,615 100.0% 8,385 5.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 130,676 87.6% 134,230 85.2% 3,554 2.7 -2.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,554 1.0% 2,152 1.4% 598 38.5 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 132,729 88.9% 130,648 82.9% -2,081 -1.6 -6.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 8,219 5.5% 9,164 5.8% 945 11.5 0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,916 1.3% 2,844 1.8% 928 48.4 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 860 0.6% 1,346 0.9% 486 56.5 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 13,814 9.3% 22,779 14.5% 8,965 64.9 5.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 13,019 8.7% 13,118 8.3% 99 0.8 -0.4 5-17.................. 30,406 20.4% 31,052 19.7% 646 2.1 -0.7 18-24.................. 20,072 13.5% 15,293 9.7% -4,779 -23.8 -3.7 25-44.................. 42,138 28.2% 51,376 32.6% 9,238 21.9 4.4 45-64.................. 28,539 19.1% 27,798 17.6% -741 -2.6 -1.5 65 AND OVER............ 15,056 10.1% 18,978 12.0% 3,922 26.0 2.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 43,425 29.1% 44,170 28.0% 745 1.7 -1.1 40 AND OVER............ 51,658 34.6% 57,236 36.3% 5,578 10.8 1.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.9 32.1 3.2 11.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $28,766 $24,915 -3,851 -13.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,331 $30,144 -4,187 -12.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,281 $12,744 -537 -4.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 14,589 9.9% 26,058 16.8% 11,469 78.6 6.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 55,988 100.0% 61,422 100.0% 5,434 9.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 40,969 73.2% 42,736 69.6% 1,767 4.3 -3.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 24,126 43.1% 24,684 40.2% 558 2.3 -2.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 35,206 62.9% 34,021 55.4% -1,185 -3.4 -7.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 17,865 31.9% 16,818 27.4% -1,047 -5.9 -4.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 4,647 8.3% 6,914 11.3% 2,267 48.8 3.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 3,039 5.4% 4,267 6.9% 1,228 40.4 1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 13,348 23.8% 16,606 27.0% 3,258 24.4 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -4.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 85,733 100.0% 98,152 100.0% 12,419 14.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 27,867 32.5% 26,831 27.3% -1,036 -3.7 -5.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 13,452 15.7% 17,441 17.8% 3,989 29.7 2.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 74,497 100.0% 78,419 100.0% 3,922 5.3 FEMALE................ 31,291 42.0% 35,892 45.8% 4,601 14.7 3.8 EMPLOYED.............. 71,986 96.6% 73,106 93.2% 1,120 1.6 -3.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 14,640 19.7% 17,180 21.9% 2,540 17.3 2.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 9,754 13.1% 11,408 14.5% 1,654 17.0 1.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 60,250 100.0% 68,592 100.0% 8,342 13.8 OCCUPIED.............. 56,216 93.3% 61,137 89.1% 4,921 8.8 -4.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 37,490 66.7% 38,274 62.6% 784 2.1 -4.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $60,491 $59,394 -1,097 -1.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 18,726 33.3% 22,863 37.4% 4,137 22.1 4.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $357 $348 -9 -2.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 45,833 76.1% 50,466 73.6% 4,633 10.1 -2.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,390 2.3% 2,379 3.5% 989 71.2 1.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.6 1962.0 4.4 0.2 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