Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Moses Lake city GEOCODE:53-0805 WA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 10,629 100.0% 11,235 100.0% 606 5.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,340 87.9% 9,451 84.1% 111 1.2 -3.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 110 1.0% 226 2.0% 116 105.5 1.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 8,903 83.8% 9,279 82.6% 376 4.2 -1.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 183 1.7% 193 1.7% 10 5.5 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 156 1.5% 244 2.2% 88 56.4 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 137 1.3% 103 0.9% -34 -24.8 -0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 2,023 19.0% 1,987 17.7% -36 -1.8 -1.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 934 8.8% 918 8.2% -16 -1.7 -0.6 5-17.................. 2,429 22.9% 2,292 20.4% -137 -5.6 -2.5 18-24.................. 1,306 12.3% 935 8.3% -371 -28.4 -4.0 25-44.................. 2,843 26.7% 3,410 30.4% 567 19.9 3.6 45-64.................. 2,053 19.3% 2,012 17.9% -41 -2.0 -1.4 65 AND OVER............ 1,064 10.0% 1,668 14.8% 604 56.8 4.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,363 31.6% 3,210 28.6% -153 -4.5 -3.1 40 AND OVER............ 3,677 34.6% 4,437 39.5% 760 20.7 4.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.0 33.4 4.4 15.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,099 $23,258 -3,841 -14.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,391 $28,495 -2,896 -9.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,818 $10,965 147 1.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,294 12.4% 1,680 15.3% 386 29.8 2.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,795 100.0% 4,378 100.0% 583 15.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,809 74.0% 3,035 69.3% 226 8.0 -4.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,552 40.9% 1,700 38.8% 148 9.5 -2.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,478 65.3% 2,485 56.8% 7 0.3 -8.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,295 34.1% 1,222 27.9% -73 -5.6 -6.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 293 7.7% 450 10.3% 157 53.6 2.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 202 5.3% 312 7.1% 110 54.5 1.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 855 22.5% 1,156 26.4% 301 35.2 3.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.5 -0.3 -9.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 5,960 100.0% 7,090 100.0% 1,130 19.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,089 35.1% 2,112 29.8% 23 1.1 -5.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 775 13.0% 1,029 14.5% 254 32.8 1.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,814 100.0% 5,134 100.0% 320 6.6 FEMALE................ 1,907 39.6% 2,308 45.0% 401 21.0 5.3 EMPLOYED.............. 4,368 90.7% 4,799 93.5% 431 9.9 2.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 939 19.5% 1,181 23.0% 242 25.8 3.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 620 12.9% 792 15.4% 172 27.7 2.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,215 100.0% 4,635 100.0% 420 10.0 OCCUPIED.............. 3,807 90.3% 4,314 93.1% 507 13.3 2.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,606 68.5% 2,699 62.6% 93 3.6 -5.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $68,258 $61,504 -6,753 -9.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,201 31.5% 1,615 37.4% 414 34.5 5.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $322 $306 -16 -5.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,222 76.4% 3,200 69.0% -22 -0.7 -7.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 167 4.0% 435 9.4% 268 160.5 5.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.2 1963.0 5.8 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