Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Walla Walla city GEOCODE:53-1365 WA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 25,631 100.0% 26,367 100.0% 736 2.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 18,765 73.2% 19,025 72.2% 260 1.4 -1.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,842 11.1% 2,880 10.9% 38 1.3 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 23,703 92.5% 23,408 88.8% -295 -1.2 -3.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 528 2.1% 540 2.0% 12 2.3 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 214 0.8% 416 1.6% 202 94.4 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 350 1.4% 143 0.5% -207 -59.1 -0.8 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,392 5.4% 2,667 10.1% 1,275 91.6 4.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,707 6.7% 1,763 6.7% 56 3.3 0.0 5-17.................. 4,118 16.1% 4,526 17.2% 408 9.9 1.1 18-24.................. 3,829 14.9% 3,383 12.8% -446 -11.6 -2.1 25-44.................. 7,117 27.8% 7,982 30.3% 865 12.2 2.5 45-64.................. 4,810 18.8% 4,224 16.0% -586 -12.2 -2.7 65 AND OVER............ 4,050 15.8% 4,489 17.0% 439 10.8 1.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,825 22.7% 6,289 23.9% 464 8.0 1.1 40 AND OVER............ 10,131 39.5% 10,349 39.2% 218 2.2 -0.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.7 33.3 1.6 5.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,021 $21,301 -2,720 -11.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,250 $28,976 -1,274 -4.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,643 $11,247 -396 -3.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,849 12.5% 4,550 19.3% 1,701 59.7 6.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,640 100.0% 9,877 100.0% 237 2.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,160 63.9% 6,146 62.2% -14 -0.2 -1.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,229 33.5% 3,415 34.6% 186 5.8 1.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,208 54.0% 4,950 50.1% -258 -5.0 -3.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,313 24.0% 2,277 23.1% -36 -1.6 -0.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 773 8.0% 945 9.6% 172 22.3 1.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 497 5.2% 664 6.7% 167 33.6 1.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,044 31.6% 3,141 31.8% 97 3.2 0.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.4 0.0 0.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 15,977 100.0% 16,695 100.0% 718 4.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,369 33.6% 4,627 27.7% -742 -13.8 -5.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,831 17.7% 2,713 16.3% -118 -4.2 -1.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,068 100.0% 11,521 100.0% 453 4.1 FEMALE................ 4,932 44.6% 5,129 44.5% 197 4.0 -0.0 EMPLOYED.............. 10,185 92.0% 10,461 90.8% 276 2.7 -1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,236 20.2% 2,619 22.7% 383 17.1 2.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,967 17.8% 2,223 19.3% 256 13.0 1.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 10,126 100.0% 10,630 100.0% 504 5.0 OCCUPIED.............. 9,675 95.5% 9,901 93.1% 226 2.3 -2.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,763 59.6% 5,587 56.4% -176 -3.1 -3.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $72,642 $57,346 -15,296 -21.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,912 40.4% 4,314 43.6% 402 10.3 3.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $346 $315 -31 -8.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,950 68.6% 6,987 65.7% 37 0.5 -2.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 406 4.0% 606 5.7% 200 49.3 1.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1946.1 1951.0 4.9 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