Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Kent city GEOCODE:53-0615 WA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 23,152 100.0% 37,960 100.0% 14,808 64.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 18,583 80.3% 29,292 77.2% 10,709 57.6 -3.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 41 0.2% 157 0.4% 116 282.9 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 21,881 94.5% 33,853 89.2% 11,972 54.7 -5.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 156 0.7% 1,509 4.0% 1,353 867.3 3.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 679 2.9% 1,634 4.3% 955 140.6 1.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 186 0.8% 669 1.8% 483 259.7 1.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 510 2.2% 1,162 3.1% 652 127.8 0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,701 7.3% 3,306 8.7% 1,605 94.4 1.4 5-17.................. 4,264 18.4% 5,974 15.7% 1,710 40.1 -2.7 18-24.................. 3,986 17.2% 5,116 13.5% 1,130 28.3 -3.7 25-44.................. 7,577 32.7% 14,877 39.2% 7,300 96.3 6.5 45-64.................. 4,074 17.6% 6,195 16.3% 2,121 52.1 -1.3 65 AND OVER............ 1,550 6.7% 2,492 6.6% 942 60.8 -0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,965 25.8% 9,280 24.4% 3,315 55.6 -1.3 40 AND OVER............ 7,074 30.6% 11,372 30.0% 4,298 60.8 -0.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.1 29.5 1.4 5.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $34,855 $32,341 -2,514 -7.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $39,931 $37,801 -2,130 -5.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $15,647 $15,993 346 2.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,686 7.3% 3,297 8.8% 1,611 95.6 1.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,596 100.0% 16,233 100.0% 6,637 69.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,031 62.8% 9,631 59.3% 3,600 59.7 -3.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,700 38.6% 6,178 38.1% 2,478 67.0 -0.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,932 51.4% 7,473 46.0% 2,541 51.5 -5.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,506 26.1% 3,614 22.3% 1,108 44.2 -3.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 802 8.4% 1,666 10.3% 864 107.7 1.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 608 6.3% 1,181 7.3% 573 94.2 0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,818 29.4% 4,932 30.4% 2,114 75.0 1.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -3.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 13,201 100.0% 23,564 100.0% 10,363 78.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,351 40.5% 6,667 28.3% 1,316 24.6 -12.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,584 19.6% 4,950 21.0% 2,366 91.6 1.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 13,232 100.0% 22,801 100.0% 9,569 72.3 FEMALE................ 5,325 40.2% 10,151 44.5% 4,826 90.6 4.3 EMPLOYED.............. 12,390 93.6% 21,814 95.7% 9,424 76.1 2.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,950 22.3% 5,648 24.8% 2,698 91.5 2.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,421 10.7% 2,517 11.0% 1,096 77.1 0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,003 100.0% 17,484 100.0% 6,481 58.9 OCCUPIED.............. 9,511 86.4% 16,246 92.9% 6,735 70.8 6.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,940 51.9% 5,856 36.0% 916 18.5 -15.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $116,065 $118,040 1,975 1.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,571 48.1% 10,390 64.0% 5,819 127.3 15.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $481 $519 38 8.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,038 45.8% 5,745 32.9% 707 14.0 -12.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 775 7.0% 891 5.1% 116 15.0 -1.9 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1968.5 1978.0 9.5 0.5 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