Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Suffolk city GEOCODE:51-1200 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 47,621 100.0% 52,141 100.0% 4,520 9.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 43,418 91.2% 46,617 89.4% 3,199 7.4 -1.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 443 0.9% 654 1.3% 211 47.6 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 11,885 25.0% 13,065 25.1% 1,180 9.9 0.1 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 24,753 52.0% 28,532 54.7% 3,779 15.3 2.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 22,698 47.7% 23,181 44.5% 483 2.1 -3.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 99 0.2% 143 0.3% 44 44.4 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 56 0.1% 157 0.3% 101 180.4 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 341 0.7% 293 0.6% -48 -14.1 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,369 7.1% 4,016 7.7% 647 19.2 0.6 5-17.................. 10,786 22.6% 10,090 19.4% -696 -6.5 -3.3 18-24.................. 5,379 11.3% 4,451 8.5% -928 -17.3 -2.8 25-44.................. 12,239 25.7% 16,166 31.0% 3,927 32.1 5.3 45-64.................. 10,381 21.8% 10,655 20.4% 274 2.6 -1.4 65 AND OVER............ 5,467 11.5% 6,763 13.0% 1,296 23.7 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 14,155 29.7% 14,106 27.1% -49 -0.3 -2.7 40 AND OVER............ 18,546 38.9% 21,014 40.3% 2,468 13.3 1.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.1 33.6 2.5 8.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,965 $26,125 160 0.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,811 $31,379 1,568 5.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,287 $11,831 1,544 15.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,148 17.3% 8,864 17.3% 716 8.8 -0.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 15,759 100.0% 18,651 100.0% 2,892 18.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 12,580 79.8% 14,440 77.4% 1,860 14.8 -2.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,707 42.6% 8,278 44.4% 1,571 23.4 1.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 9,581 60.8% 10,663 57.2% 1,082 11.3 -3.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,892 31.0% 4,834 25.9% -58 -1.2 -5.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,450 15.5% 3,197 17.1% 747 30.5 1.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,141 7.2% 1,714 9.2% 573 50.2 1.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,760 17.5% 3,772 20.2% 1,012 36.7 2.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.8 -0.2 -7.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 28,087 100.0% 33,584 100.0% 5,497 19.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,964 24.8% 9,380 27.9% 2,416 34.7 3.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,784 9.9% 4,117 12.3% 1,333 47.9 2.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 20,829 100.0% 24,199 100.0% 3,370 16.2 FEMALE................ 8,967 43.1% 11,514 47.6% 2,547 28.4 4.5 EMPLOYED.............. 19,439 93.3% 22,463 92.8% 3,024 15.6 -0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,010 14.5% 5,010 20.7% 2,000 66.4 6.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,560 12.3% 2,792 11.5% 232 9.1 -0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 16,709 100.0% 20,011 100.0% 3,302 19.8 OCCUPIED.............. 15,742 94.2% 18,516 92.5% 2,774 17.6 -1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 10,806 68.6% 12,544 67.7% 1,738 16.1 -0.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $68,921 $83,542 14,621 21.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,936 31.4% 5,972 32.3% 1,036 21.0 0.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $339 $376 37 10.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 14,039 84.0% 15,760 78.8% 1,721 12.3 -5.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 455 2.7% 921 4.6% 466 102.4 1.9 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1955.5 1967.0 11.5 0.6 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