Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Laurel CDP GEOCODE:51-0714 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 10,569 100.0% 13,011 100.0% 2,442 23.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,196 87.0% 9,786 75.2% 590 6.4 -11.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 225 2.1% 610 4.7% 385 171.1 2.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 9,599 90.8% 10,655 81.9% 1,056 11.0 -8.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 763 7.2% 1,955 15.0% 1,192 156.2 7.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 190 1.8% 327 2.5% 137 72.1 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 17 0.2% 24 0.2% 7 41.2 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 39 0.4% 150 1.2% 111 284.6 0.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 573 5.4% 814 6.3% 241 42.1 0.8 5-17.................. 2,126 20.1% 1,792 13.8% -334 -15.7 -6.3 18-24.................. 1,624 15.4% 1,501 11.5% -123 -7.6 -3.8 25-44.................. 3,458 32.7% 5,080 39.0% 1,622 46.9 6.3 45-64.................. 2,126 20.1% 2,593 19.9% 467 22.0 -0.2 65 AND OVER............ 662 6.3% 1,231 9.5% 569 86.0 3.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,699 25.5% 2,606 20.0% -93 -3.4 -5.5 40 AND OVER............ 3,504 33.2% 4,636 35.6% 1,132 32.3 2.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.8 32.0 3.1 10.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $35,496 $35,280 -216 -0.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $38,302 $39,348 1,046 2.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,737 $16,319 2,582 18.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 362 3.5% 386 3.1% 24 6.6 -0.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,817 100.0% 5,422 100.0% 1,605 42.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,927 76.7% 3,413 62.9% 486 16.6 -13.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,987 52.1% 2,383 44.0% 396 19.9 -8.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,377 62.3% 2,696 49.7% 319 13.4 -12.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,236 32.4% 1,153 21.3% -83 -6.7 -11.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 445 11.7% 508 9.4% 63 14.2 -2.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 254 6.7% 294 5.4% 40 15.7 -1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 653 17.1% 1,531 28.2% 878 134.5 11.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.3 -0.4 -15.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,246 100.0% 8,904 100.0% 2,658 42.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,283 36.6% 2,610 29.3% 327 14.3 -7.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,038 16.6% 2,152 24.2% 1,114 107.3 7.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,235 100.0% 8,113 100.0% 1,878 30.1 FEMALE................ 2,924 46.9% 3,995 49.2% 1,071 36.6 2.3 EMPLOYED.............. 6,120 98.2% 7,941 97.9% 1,821 29.8 -0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,366 21.9% 2,405 29.6% 1,039 76.1 7.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 606 9.7% 840 10.4% 234 38.6 0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 3,954 100.0% 5,771 100.0% 1,817 46.0 OCCUPIED.............. 3,810 96.4% 5,409 93.7% 1,599 42.0 -2.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,218 58.2% 3,120 57.7% 902 40.7 -0.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $78,735 $82,331 3,596 4.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,592 41.8% 2,289 42.3% 697 43.8 0.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $514 $534 20 3.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,756 69.7% 3,496 60.6% 740 26.9 -9.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 5 0.1% 0 0.0% -5-100.0 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1967.2 1975.0 7.8 0.4 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