Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: DeSoto city GEOCODE:48-1155 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 15,538 100.0% 30,615 100.0% 15,077 97.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 14,968 96.3% 27,794 90.8% 12,826 85.7 -5.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 118 0.8% 339 1.1% 221 187.3 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 14,602 94.0% 23,324 76.2% 8,722 59.7 -17.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 536 3.4% 6,348 20.7% 5,8121084.3 17.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 170 1.1% 431 1.4% 261 153.5 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 68 0.4% 126 0.4% 58 85.3 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 405 2.6% 1,263 4.1% 858 211.9 1.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,137 7.3% 2,321 7.6% 1,184 104.1 0.3 5-17.................. 4,101 26.4% 6,582 21.5% 2,481 60.5 -4.9 18-24.................. 1,346 8.7% 2,634 8.6% 1,288 95.7 -0.1 25-44.................. 5,424 34.9% 11,204 36.6% 5,780 106.6 1.7 45-64.................. 2,754 17.7% 5,860 19.1% 3,106 112.8 1.4 65 AND OVER............ 776 5.0% 2,014 6.6% 1,238 159.5 1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,238 33.7% 8,903 29.1% 3,665 70.0 -4.6 40 AND OVER............ 4,911 31.6% 10,706 35.0% 5,795 118.0 3.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.2 32.5 2.3 7.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $47,477 $45,550 -1,927 -4.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $49,313 $50,913 1,600 3.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $15,731 $18,093 2,362 15.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 314 2.0% 1,202 4.0% 888 282.8 1.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,861 100.0% 10,778 100.0% 5,917 121.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,445 91.4% 8,647 80.2% 4,202 94.5 -11.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,940 60.5% 6,546 60.7% 3,606 122.7 0.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,054 83.4% 7,375 68.4% 3,321 81.9 -15.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,456 50.5% 4,050 37.6% 1,594 64.9 -12.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 304 6.3% 1,008 9.4% 704 231.6 3.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 211 4.3% 685 6.4% 474 224.6 2.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 387 8.0% 1,824 16.9% 1,437 371.3 9.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.2 2.8 -0.4 -11.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,954 100.0% 19,078 100.0% 10,124 113.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,281 36.6% 4,870 25.5% 1,589 48.4 -11.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,874 20.9% 5,602 29.4% 3,728 198.9 8.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,017 100.0% 17,788 100.0% 9,771 121.9 FEMALE................ 3,449 43.0% 8,657 48.7% 5,208 151.0 5.6 EMPLOYED.............. 7,882 98.3% 17,055 95.9% 9,173 116.4 -2.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,170 27.1% 5,962 33.5% 3,792 174.7 6.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 610 7.6% 1,383 7.8% 773 126.7 0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,055 100.0% 11,656 100.0% 6,601 130.6 OCCUPIED.............. 4,892 96.8% 10,762 92.3% 5,870 120.0 -4.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,131 84.4% 7,465 69.4% 3,334 80.7 -15.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $105,696 $110,340 4,644 4.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 761 15.6% 3,297 30.6% 2,536 333.2 15.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $523 $497 -26 -5.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,559 90.2% 8,505 73.0% 3,946 86.6 -17.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 305 2.6% 305 2.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1971.5 1981.0 9.5 0.5 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