Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Petersburg city GEOCODE:51-0960 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 41,055 100.0% 38,386 100.0% -2,669 -6.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 35,129 85.6% 29,819 77.7% -5,310 -15.1 -7.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 542 1.3% 2,027 5.3% 1,485 274.0 4.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,659 38.1% 10,176 26.5% -5,483 -35.0 -11.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 25,068 61.1% 27,680 72.1% 2,612 10.4 11.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 253 0.6% 310 0.8% 57 22.5 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 13 0.0% 103 0.3% 90 692.3 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 435 1.1% 373 1.0% -62 -14.3 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,878 7.0% 2,846 7.4% -32 -1.1 0.4 5-17.................. 8,583 20.9% 6,093 15.9% -2,490 -29.0 -5.0 18-24.................. 5,455 13.3% 4,512 11.8% -943 -17.3 -1.5 25-44.................. 10,425 25.4% 11,821 30.8% 1,396 13.4 5.4 45-64.................. 8,954 21.8% 7,375 19.2% -1,579 -17.6 -2.6 65 AND OVER............ 4,760 11.6% 5,739 15.0% 979 20.6 3.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 11,461 27.9% 8,939 23.3% -2,522 -22.0 -4.6 40 AND OVER............ 15,774 38.4% 15,694 40.9% -80 -0.5 2.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.3 33.7 3.4 11.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,945 $21,309 -1,636 -7.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,015 $27,243 -772 -2.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,859 $10,547 -312 -2.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,220 20.3% 7,359 20.3% -861 -10.5 -0.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 14,945 100.0% 14,664 100.0% -281 -1.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,568 70.7% 9,344 63.7% -1,224 -11.6 -7.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,481 36.7% 4,840 33.0% -641 -11.7 -3.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,125 47.7% 5,511 37.6% -1,614 -22.7 -10.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,076 20.6% 1,936 13.2% -1,140 -37.1 -7.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,917 19.5% 3,250 22.2% 333 11.4 2.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,800 12.0% 1,805 12.3% 5 0.3 0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,599 24.1% 4,434 30.2% 835 23.2 6.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -8.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 24,139 100.0% 24,935 100.0% 796 3.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,835 24.2% 6,561 26.3% 726 12.4 2.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,071 12.7% 3,376 13.5% 305 9.9 0.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 18,205 100.0% 17,432 100.0% -773 -4.2 FEMALE................ 8,653 47.5% 8,860 50.8% 207 2.4 3.3 EMPLOYED.............. 16,789 92.2% 15,920 91.3% -869 -5.2 -0.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,057 16.8% 2,798 16.1% -259 -8.5 -0.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,853 21.2% 3,896 22.3% 43 1.1 1.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 16,139 100.0% 16,196 100.0% 57 0.4 OCCUPIED.............. 14,920 92.4% 14,730 90.9% -190 -1.3 -1.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,932 53.2% 7,491 50.9% -441 -5.6 -2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $58,673 $55,258 -3,415 -5.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,988 46.8% 7,239 49.1% 251 3.6 2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $352 $360 8 2.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 11,036 68.4% 10,342 63.9% -694 -6.3 -4.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 282 1.7% 407 2.5% 125 44.3 0.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.7 1962.0 5.3 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