Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Sterling CDP GEOCODE:51-1172 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 16,080 100.0% 20,512 100.0% 4,432 27.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 15,148 94.2% 18,288 89.2% 3,140 20.7 -5.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 0 0.0% 11 0.1% 11 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 14,907 92.7% 18,078 88.1% 3,171 21.3 -4.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 822 5.1% 1,163 5.7% 341 41.5 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 241 1.5% 956 4.7% 715 296.7 3.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 33 0.2% 110 0.5% 77 233.3 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 389 2.4% 704 3.4% 315 81.0 1.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,370 8.5% 1,736 8.5% 366 26.7 -0.1 5-17.................. 4,770 29.7% 3,990 19.5% -780 -16.4 -10.2 18-24.................. 1,374 8.5% 2,133 10.4% 759 55.2 1.9 25-44.................. 6,417 39.9% 8,419 41.0% 2,002 31.2 1.1 45-64.................. 1,870 11.6% 3,572 17.4% 1,702 91.0 5.8 65 AND OVER............ 279 1.7% 662 3.2% 383 137.3 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,140 38.2% 5,726 27.9% -414 -6.7 -10.3 40 AND OVER............ 3,620 22.5% 6,005 29.3% 2,385 65.9 6.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.8 29.9 3.1 11.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $48,254 $55,593 7,339 15.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $49,937 $58,604 8,667 17.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $15,811 $20,508 4,697 29.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 439 2.7% 231 1.1% -208 -47.4 -1.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,851 100.0% 7,078 100.0% 2,227 45.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,221 87.0% 5,539 78.3% 1,318 31.2 -8.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,810 57.9% 4,606 65.1% 1,796 63.9 7.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,812 78.6% 4,812 68.0% 1,000 26.2 -10.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,756 56.8% 2,764 39.1% 8 0.3 -17.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 334 6.9% 516 7.3% 182 54.5 0.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 263 5.4% 250 3.5% -13 -4.9 -1.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 445 9.2% 1,024 14.5% 579 130.1 5.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.3 2.9 -0.4 -12.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,566 100.0% 12,653 100.0% 4,087 47.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,718 43.4% 3,342 26.4% -376 -10.1 -17.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,923 22.4% 3,883 30.7% 1,960 101.9 8.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,981 100.0% 12,972 100.0% 4,991 62.5 FEMALE................ 3,328 41.7% 5,794 44.7% 2,466 74.1 3.0 EMPLOYED.............. 7,889 98.8% 12,732 98.1% 4,843 61.4 -0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,395 30.0% 4,578 35.3% 2,183 91.1 5.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 725 9.1% 1,093 8.4% 368 50.8 -0.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,971 100.0% 7,344 100.0% 2,373 47.7 OCCUPIED.............. 4,861 97.8% 6,966 94.9% 2,105 43.3 -2.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,145 85.3% 5,443 78.1% 1,298 31.3 -7.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $113,908 $159,775 45,867 40.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 716 14.7% 1,523 21.9% 807 112.7 7.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $736 $922 186 25.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,609 92.7% 6,504 88.6% 1,895 41.1 -4.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 2 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1970.7 1976.0 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