Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Athens city GEOCODE:48-0195 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 10,197 100.0% 10,967 100.0% 770 7.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 8,436 82.7% 8,755 79.8% 319 3.8 -2.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 619 6.1% 597 5.4% -22 -3.6 -0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 7,880 77.3% 7,998 72.9% 118 1.5 -4.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,096 20.6% 2,163 19.7% 67 3.2 -0.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 18 0.2% 20 0.2% 2 11.1 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 48 0.5% 26 0.2% -22 -45.8 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 153 1.5% 933 8.5% 780 509.8 7.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 782 7.7% 825 7.5% 43 5.5 -0.1 5-17.................. 1,955 19.2% 2,001 18.2% 46 2.4 -0.9 18-24.................. 1,444 14.2% 1,357 12.4% -87 -6.0 -1.8 25-44.................. 2,170 21.3% 2,888 26.3% 718 33.1 5.1 45-64.................. 1,925 18.9% 1,938 17.7% 13 0.7 -1.2 65 AND OVER............ 1,921 18.8% 1,958 17.9% 37 1.9 -1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,737 26.8% 2,826 25.8% 89 3.3 -1.1 40 AND OVER............ 4,307 42.2% 4,482 40.9% 176 4.1 -1.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.3 33.0 0.7 2.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,881 $18,870 -1,011 -5.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,693 $24,161 -1,532 -6.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,687 $10,766 79 0.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,823 19.1% 2,267 21.9% 444 24.4 2.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,804 100.0% 4,177 100.0% 373 9.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,703 71.1% 2,801 67.1% 98 3.6 -4.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,436 37.7% 1,429 34.2% -7 -0.5 -3.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,228 58.6% 2,161 51.7% -67 -3.0 -6.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,037 27.3% 1,017 24.3% -20 -1.9 -2.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 418 11.0% 553 13.2% 135 32.3 2.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 230 6.0% 329 7.9% 99 43.0 1.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,072 28.2% 1,238 29.6% 166 15.5 1.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.5 -0.0 -1.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,016 100.0% 6,784 100.0% 768 12.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,550 25.8% 1,740 25.6% 190 12.3 -0.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 748 12.4% 1,062 15.7% 314 42.0 3.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,360 100.0% 4,867 100.0% 507 11.6 FEMALE................ 1,899 43.6% 2,268 46.6% 369 19.4 3.0 EMPLOYED.............. 4,171 95.7% 4,429 91.0% 258 6.2 -4.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 820 18.8% 1,029 21.1% 209 25.5 2.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 603 13.8% 805 16.5% 202 33.5 2.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,260 100.0% 4,793 100.0% 533 12.5 OCCUPIED.............. 3,777 88.7% 4,189 87.4% 412 10.9 -1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,349 62.2% 2,469 58.9% 120 5.1 -3.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $56,674 $59,120 2,446 4.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,428 37.8% 1,720 41.1% 292 20.4 3.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $252 $329 77 30.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,285 77.1% 3,401 71.0% 116 3.5 -6.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 134 3.1% 374 7.8% 240 179.1 4.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.1 1970.0 12.9 0.7 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