Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Mount Vernon CDP GEOCODE:51-0836 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 24,058 100.0% 27,485 100.0% 3,427 14.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 21,755 90.4% 23,982 87.3% 2,227 10.2 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 0 0.0% 44 0.2% 44 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 20,698 86.0% 19,113 69.5% -1,585 -7.7 -16.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,462 10.2% 5,865 21.3% 3,403 138.2 11.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 634 2.6% 1,455 5.3% 821 129.5 2.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 110 0.5% 81 0.3% -29 -26.4 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 684 2.8% 2,001 7.3% 1,317 192.5 4.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,580 6.6% 2,066 7.5% 486 30.8 0.9 5-17.................. 5,389 22.4% 4,626 16.8% -763 -14.2 -5.6 18-24.................. 2,945 12.2% 2,711 9.9% -234 -7.9 -2.4 25-44.................. 8,133 33.8% 10,582 38.5% 2,449 30.1 4.7 45-64.................. 5,145 21.4% 5,649 20.6% 504 9.8 -0.8 65 AND OVER............ 866 3.6% 1,851 6.7% 985 113.7 3.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,969 29.0% 6,692 24.3% -277 -4.0 -4.6 40 AND OVER............ 7,860 32.7% 10,010 36.4% 2,150 27.4 3.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.9 32.6 2.7 8.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $45,674 $50,079 4,405 9.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $51,606 $53,908 2,302 4.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $18,323 $21,386 3,063 16.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,238 5.2% 1,003 3.7% -235 -19.0 -1.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,521 100.0% 10,276 100.0% 1,755 20.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,716 78.8% 7,603 74.0% 887 13.2 -4.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,326 50.8% 5,324 51.8% 998 23.1 1.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,706 67.0% 5,976 58.2% 270 4.7 -8.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,175 37.3% 2,756 26.8% -419 -13.2 -10.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 823 9.7% 1,303 12.7% 480 58.3 3.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 615 7.2% 811 7.9% 196 31.9 0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,385 16.3% 2,003 19.5% 618 44.6 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.2 -5.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 14,144 100.0% 18,082 100.0% 3,938 27.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,575 32.3% 4,554 25.2% -21 -0.5 -7.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,761 33.7% 6,135 33.9% 1,374 28.9 0.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 12,251 100.0% 16,208 100.0% 3,957 32.3 FEMALE................ 5,725 46.7% 8,014 49.4% 2,289 40.0 2.7 EMPLOYED.............. 11,818 96.5% 15,676 96.7% 3,858 32.6 0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,842 31.4% 6,124 37.8% 2,282 59.4 6.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,289 10.5% 2,008 12.4% 719 55.8 1.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,746 100.0% 10,834 100.0% 2,088 23.9 OCCUPIED.............. 8,479 96.9% 10,304 95.1% 1,825 21.5 -1.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,739 67.7% 6,801 66.0% 1,062 18.5 -1.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $161,969 $211,332 49,364 30.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,740 32.3% 3,503 34.0% 763 27.8 1.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $546 $763 217 39.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,332 72.4% 7,182 66.3% 850 13.4 -6.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 82 0.9% 126 1.2% 44 53.7 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1967.7 1971.0 3.3 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