Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Longview city GEOCODE:53-0695 WA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 31,041 100.0% 31,648 100.0% 607 2.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 26,212 84.4% 25,854 81.7% -358 -1.4 -2.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 489 1.6% 677 2.1% 188 38.4 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 29,779 95.9% 29,871 94.4% 92 0.3 -1.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 183 0.6% 149 0.5% -34 -18.6 -0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 568 1.8% 717 2.3% 149 26.2 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 392 1.3% 563 1.8% 171 43.6 0.5 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 401 1.3% 679 2.1% 278 69.3 0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,489 8.0% 2,365 7.5% -124 -5.0 -0.5 5-17.................. 6,241 20.1% 5,881 18.6% -360 -5.8 -1.5 18-24.................. 3,702 11.9% 2,872 9.1% -830 -22.4 -2.9 25-44.................. 8,630 27.8% 9,856 31.1% 1,226 14.2 3.3 45-64.................. 6,070 19.6% 5,936 18.8% -134 -2.2 -0.8 65 AND OVER............ 3,909 12.6% 4,738 15.0% 829 21.2 2.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,730 28.1% 8,246 26.1% -484 -5.5 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 11,610 37.4% 13,140 41.5% 1,530 13.2 4.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.4 34.6 4.2 14.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $30,259 $25,535 -4,724 -15.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $37,139 $32,152 -4,987 -13.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,789 $12,908 -881 -6.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,559 11.7% 4,955 16.0% 1,396 39.2 4.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 12,291 100.0% 12,933 100.0% 642 5.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,572 69.7% 8,572 66.3% 0 0.0 -3.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,090 33.3% 4,229 32.7% 139 3.4 -0.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,205 58.6% 6,810 52.7% -395 -5.5 -6.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,414 27.8% 3,062 23.7% -352 -10.3 -4.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,120 9.1% 1,326 10.3% 206 18.4 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 822 6.7% 896 6.9% 74 9.0 0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,201 26.0% 3,736 28.9% 535 16.7 2.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -3.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 18,609 100.0% 20,530 100.0% 1,921 10.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,482 40.2% 6,662 32.5% -820 -11.0 -7.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,451 13.2% 2,679 13.0% 228 9.3 -0.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 13,949 100.0% 14,425 100.0% 476 3.4 FEMALE................ 5,548 39.8% 6,232 43.2% 684 12.3 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 12,673 90.9% 13,337 92.5% 664 5.2 1.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,606 18.7% 2,928 20.3% 322 12.4 1.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,684 12.1% 1,834 12.7% 150 8.9 0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 13,095 100.0% 13,358 100.0% 263 2.0 OCCUPIED.............. 12,243 93.5% 12,782 95.7% 539 4.4 2.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,170 58.6% 7,282 57.0% 112 1.6 -1.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $87,689 $67,024 -20,665 -23.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,073 41.4% 5,500 43.0% 427 8.4 1.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $362 $352 -10 -2.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,973 68.5% 9,183 68.7% 210 2.3 0.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 308 2.4% 386 2.9% 78 25.3 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1955.3 1958.0 2.7 0.1 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