Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Chester CDP GEOCODE:51-0245 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 11,728 100.0% 14,986 100.0% 3,258 27.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,820 92.3% 13,534 90.3% 2,714 25.1 -1.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,786 92.0% 13,264 88.5% 2,478 23.0 -3.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 817 7.0% 1,400 9.3% 583 71.4 2.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 55 0.5% 218 1.5% 163 296.4 1.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 13 0.1% 57 0.4% 44 338.5 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 138 1.2% 234 1.6% 96 69.6 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 807 6.9% 1,201 8.0% 394 48.8 1.1 5-17.................. 2,963 25.3% 2,919 19.5% -44 -1.5 -5.8 18-24.................. 1,378 11.7% 1,422 9.5% 44 3.2 -2.3 25-44.................. 3,688 31.4% 5,291 35.3% 1,603 43.5 3.9 45-64.................. 2,294 19.6% 3,080 20.6% 786 34.3 1.0 65 AND OVER............ 598 5.1% 1,073 7.2% 475 79.4 2.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,770 32.1% 4,120 27.5% 350 9.3 -4.7 40 AND OVER............ 3,813 32.5% 5,437 36.3% 1,624 42.6 3.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.0 32.6 3.6 12.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $38,053 $41,229 3,176 8.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $43,212 $45,526 2,314 5.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,190 $16,258 2,068 14.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 889 7.6% 1,129 7.5% 240 27.0 -0.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,022 100.0% 5,521 100.0% 1,499 37.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,283 81.6% 4,319 78.2% 1,036 31.6 -3.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,936 48.1% 2,830 51.3% 894 46.2 3.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,795 69.5% 3,531 64.0% 736 26.3 -5.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,690 42.0% 1,782 32.3% 92 5.4 -9.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 429 10.7% 650 11.8% 221 51.5 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 317 7.9% 426 7.7% 109 34.4 -0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 616 15.3% 977 17.7% 361 58.6 2.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.7 -0.2 -6.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,580 100.0% 9,444 100.0% 2,864 43.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,182 33.2% 2,740 29.0% 558 25.6 -4.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,466 22.3% 2,351 24.9% 885 60.4 2.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,699 100.0% 8,146 100.0% 2,447 42.9 FEMALE................ 2,400 42.1% 3,686 45.2% 1,286 53.6 3.1 EMPLOYED.............. 5,457 95.8% 7,835 96.2% 2,378 43.6 0.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,553 27.3% 2,462 30.2% 909 58.5 3.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 462 8.1% 731 9.0% 269 58.2 0.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,206 100.0% 5,839 100.0% 1,633 38.8 OCCUPIED.............. 4,005 95.2% 5,505 94.3% 1,500 37.5 -0.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,955 73.8% 4,216 76.6% 1,261 42.7 2.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $96,424 $97,260 835 0.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,050 26.2% 1,289 23.4% 239 22.8 -2.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $408 $444 36 8.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,836 67.4% 3,921 67.2% 1,085 38.3 -0.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 664 15.8% 899 15.4% 235 35.4 -0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1970.4 1975.0 4.6 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