Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Big Spring city GEOCODE:48-0415 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 24,804 100.0% 23,093 100.0% -1,711 -6.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 21,260 85.7% 18,809 81.4% -2,451 -11.5 -4.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,048 4.2% 1,810 7.8% 762 72.7 3.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 19,173 77.3% 17,043 73.8% -2,130 -11.1 -3.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,304 5.3% 1,228 5.3% -76 -5.8 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 179 0.7% 120 0.5% -59 -33.0 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 79 0.3% 141 0.6% 62 78.5 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,887 23.7% 6,945 30.1% 1,058 18.0 6.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,921 7.7% 1,856 8.0% -65 -3.4 0.3 5-17.................. 4,932 19.9% 4,314 18.7% -618 -12.5 -1.2 18-24.................. 3,090 12.5% 2,118 9.2% -972 -31.5 -3.3 25-44.................. 6,098 24.6% 6,727 29.1% 629 10.3 4.5 45-64.................. 5,441 21.9% 4,411 19.1% -1,030 -18.9 -2.8 65 AND OVER............ 3,322 13.4% 3,667 15.9% 345 10.4 2.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,853 27.6% 6,170 26.7% -683 -10.0 -0.9 40 AND OVER............ 9,972 40.2% 9,496 41.1% -476 -4.8 0.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.6 33.6 2.0 6.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,774 $21,298 -2,476 -10.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,834 $25,555 -3,279 -11.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,497 $10,263 -1,234 -10.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,815 16.0% 4,990 23.4% 1,175 30.8 7.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,106 100.0% 8,188 100.0% -918 -10.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,803 74.7% 5,901 72.1% -902 -13.3 -2.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,407 37.4% 2,891 35.3% -516 -15.1 -2.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,743 63.1% 4,575 55.9% -1,168 -20.3 -7.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,754 30.2% 2,069 25.3% -685 -24.9 -5.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 895 9.8% 1,071 13.1% 176 19.7 3.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 568 6.2% 651 8.0% 83 14.6 1.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,164 23.8% 2,126 26.0% -38 -1.8 2.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.6 -0.0 -0.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 14,861 100.0% 14,805 100.0% -56 -0.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,226 28.4% 3,809 25.7% -417 -9.9 -2.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,652 11.1% 1,929 13.0% 277 16.8 1.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,730 100.0% 9,122 100.0% -1,608 -15.0 FEMALE................ 4,413 41.1% 4,102 45.0% -311 -7.0 3.8 EMPLOYED.............. 10,373 96.7% 8,479 93.0% -1,894 -18.3 -3.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,960 18.3% 2,004 22.0% 44 2.2 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,635 15.2% 1,590 17.4% -45 -2.8 2.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 10,583 100.0% 9,876 100.0% -707 -6.7 OCCUPIED.............. 9,089 85.9% 8,256 83.6% -833 -9.2 -2.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,039 66.4% 5,419 65.6% -620 -10.3 -0.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $44,894 $39,131 -5,763 -12.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,050 33.6% 2,837 34.4% -213 -7.0 0.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $317 $336 19 5.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,504 80.4% 8,335 84.4% -169 -2.0 4.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 169 1.6% 136 1.4% -33 -19.5 -0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.1 1957.0 0.9 0.0 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