Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Mount Vernon city GEOCODE:53-0820 WA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 13,009 100.0% 17,647 100.0% 4,638 35.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,701 82.3% 14,226 80.6% 3,525 32.9 -1.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 254 2.0% 449 2.5% 195 76.8 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,024 92.4% 15,828 89.7% 3,804 31.6 -2.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 31 0.2% 37 0.2% 6 19.4 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 170 1.3% 245 1.4% 75 44.1 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 159 1.2% 198 1.1% 39 24.5 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 720 5.5% 1,728 9.8% 1,008 140.0 4.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,088 8.4% 1,490 8.4% 402 36.9 0.1 5-17.................. 2,505 19.3% 3,245 18.4% 740 29.5 -0.9 18-24.................. 1,826 14.0% 1,748 9.9% -78 -4.3 -4.1 25-44.................. 3,695 28.4% 6,008 34.0% 2,313 62.6 5.6 45-64.................. 2,189 16.8% 2,657 15.1% 468 21.4 -1.8 65 AND OVER............ 1,706 13.1% 2,499 14.2% 793 46.5 1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,593 27.6% 4,735 26.8% 1,142 31.8 -0.8 40 AND OVER............ 4,575 35.2% 6,573 37.2% 1,998 43.7 2.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.4 32.3 2.9 10.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,359 $27,022 -337 -1.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,616 $33,593 -1,023 -3.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,123 $13,486 363 2.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,564 12.3% 2,274 13.2% 710 45.4 0.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,163 100.0% 6,951 100.0% 1,788 34.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,444 66.7% 4,520 65.0% 1,076 31.2 -1.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,754 34.0% 2,720 39.1% 966 55.1 5.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,730 52.9% 3,596 51.7% 866 31.7 -1.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,312 25.4% 1,750 25.2% 438 33.4 -0.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 520 10.1% 703 10.1% 183 35.2 0.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 425 8.2% 480 6.9% 55 12.9 -1.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,439 27.9% 2,003 28.8% 564 39.2 0.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.5 0.0 0.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,590 100.0% 11,164 100.0% 3,574 47.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,940 38.7% 3,110 27.9% 170 5.8 -10.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,194 15.7% 1,970 17.6% 776 65.0 1.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,043 100.0% 8,526 100.0% 2,483 41.1 FEMALE................ 2,704 44.7% 3,933 46.1% 1,229 45.5 1.4 EMPLOYED.............. 5,462 90.4% 8,018 94.0% 2,556 46.8 3.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,201 19.9% 1,907 22.4% 706 58.8 2.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 858 14.2% 1,202 14.1% 344 40.1 -0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,488 100.0% 7,167 100.0% 1,679 30.6 OCCUPIED.............. 5,203 94.8% 6,885 96.1% 1,682 32.3 1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,125 60.1% 3,914 56.8% 789 25.2 -3.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $90,592 $85,647 -4,945 -5.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,078 39.9% 2,971 43.2% 893 43.0 3.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $398 $426 28 7.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,705 67.5% 4,335 60.5% 630 17.0 -7.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 298 5.4% 553 7.7% 255 85.6 2.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1959.6 1972.0 12.4 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