Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Copperas Cove city GEOCODE:48-0975 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 19,469 100.0% 24,079 100.0% 4,610 23.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 18,101 93.0% 22,415 93.1% 4,314 23.8 0.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 74 0.4% 129 0.5% 55 74.3 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 16,344 83.9% 18,145 75.4% 1,801 11.0 -8.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,769 9.1% 3,974 16.5% 2,205 124.6 7.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 740 3.8% 889 3.7% 149 20.1 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 167 0.9% 92 0.4% -75 -44.9 -0.5 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,418 7.3% 1,942 8.1% 524 37.0 0.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,134 11.0% 2,698 11.2% 564 26.4 0.2 5-17.................. 4,857 24.9% 5,406 22.5% 549 11.3 -2.5 18-24.................. 3,736 19.2% 3,376 14.0% -360 -9.6 -5.2 25-44.................. 6,280 32.3% 8,441 35.1% 2,161 34.4 2.8 45-64.................. 2,051 10.5% 3,346 13.9% 1,295 63.1 3.4 65 AND OVER............ 411 2.1% 812 3.4% 401 97.6 1.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,991 35.9% 8,104 33.7% 1,113 15.9 -2.3 40 AND OVER............ 3,764 19.3% 5,634 23.4% 1,870 49.7 4.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 23.2 26.1 2.8 12.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,049 $24,596 547 2.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,872 $25,445 573 2.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,649 $9,509 860 9.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,322 12.0% 2,857 12.0% 535 23.0 -0.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,248 100.0% 8,111 100.0% 1,863 29.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,311 85.0% 6,769 83.5% 1,458 27.5 -1.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,061 49.0% 4,312 53.2% 1,251 40.9 4.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,719 75.5% 5,799 71.5% 1,080 22.9 -4.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,037 48.6% 3,600 44.4% 563 18.5 -4.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 478 7.7% 796 9.8% 318 66.5 2.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 402 6.4% 591 7.3% 189 47.0 0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 688 11.0% 1,186 14.6% 498 72.4 3.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.1 3.0 -0.2 -4.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,742 100.0% 12,599 100.0% 3,857 44.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,986 45.6% 3,924 31.1% -62 -1.6 -14.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,323 15.1% 1,750 13.9% 427 32.3 -1.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,510 100.0% 8,751 100.0% 3,241 58.8 FEMALE................ 2,973 54.0% 4,906 56.1% 1,933 65.0 2.1 EMPLOYED.............. 4,830 87.7% 7,781 88.9% 2,951 61.1 1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 798 14.5% 1,686 19.3% 888 111.3 4.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 933 16.9% 1,744 19.9% 811 86.9 3.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,142 100.0% 9,307 100.0% 2,165 30.3 OCCUPIED.............. 6,241 87.4% 8,074 86.8% 1,833 29.4 -0.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,461 55.5% 4,020 49.8% 559 16.2 -5.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $60,554 $58,448 -2,106 -3.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,780 44.5% 4,054 50.2% 1,274 45.8 5.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $363 $429 66 18.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,009 70.1% 6,125 65.8% 1,116 22.3 -4.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 515 7.2% 462 5.0% -53 -10.3 -2.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1970.4 1976.0 5.6 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