Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report STATES AND U.S. TOTALS AREA: Alabama GEOCODE:01 ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 3,893,888 100.0% 4,040,587 100.0% 146,699 3.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 3,481,458 89.4% 3,503,403 86.7% 21,945 0.6 -2.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 77,991 2.0% 92,086 2.3% 14,095 18.1 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 1,556,855 40.0% 1,602,872 39.7% 46,017 3.0 -0.3 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 2,873,289 73.8% 2,975,247 73.6% 101,958 3.5 -0.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 996,283 25.6% 1,019,743 25.2% 23,460 2.4 -0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 10,660 0.3% 21,754 0.5% 11,094 104.1 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 9,304 0.2% 18,295 0.5% 8,991 96.6 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 33,923 0.9% 23,579 0.6% -10,344 -30.5 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 295,500 7.6% 280,785 6.9% -14,715 -5.0 -0.6 5-17.................. 867,635 22.3% 779,216 19.3% -88,419 -10.2 -3.0 18-24.................. 513,438 13.2% 434,617 10.8% -78,821 -15.4 -2.4 25-44.................. 1,029,253 26.4% 1,237,765 30.6% 208,512 20.3 4.2 45-64.................. 748,474 19.2% 785,598 19.4% 37,124 5.0 0.2 65 AND OVER............ 439,588 11.3% 522,606 12.9% 83,018 18.9 1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 1,163,135 29.9% 1,060,001 26.2% -103134 -8.9 -3.6 40 AND OVER............ 1,402,560 36.0% 1,588,026 39.3% 185,467 13.2 3.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.3 33.1 3.8 13.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,347 $23,597 250 1.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,921 $28,688 767 2.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,067 $11,486 1,419 14.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 719,905 18.9% 723,614 18.3% 3,709 0.5 -0.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 1,342,371 100.0% 1,506,009 100.0% 163,638 12.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 1,042,571 77.7% 1,111,139 73.8% 68,568 6.6 -3.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 530,997 39.6% 613,331 40.7% 82,334 15.5 1.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 855,046 63.7% 874,765 58.1% 19,719 2.3 -5.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 440,408 32.8% 406,907 27.0% -33,501 -7.6 -5.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 157,355 11.7% 195,207 13.0% 37,852 24.1 1.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 87,656 6.5% 106,279 7.1% 18,623 21.2 0.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 272,726 20.3% 354,918 23.6% 82,192 30.1 3.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -7.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 2,217,315 100.0% 2,545,969 100.0% 328,654 14.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 704,207 31.8% 749,591 29.4% 45,384 6.4 -2.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 270,063 12.2% 399,228 15.7% 129,165 47.8 3.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 1,634,743 100.0% 1,870,381 100.0% 235,638 14.4 FEMALE................ 689,069 42.2% 859,101 45.9% 170,032 24.7 3.8 EMPLOYED.............. 1,511,928 92.5% 1,741,794 93.1% 229,866 15.2 0.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 296,634 18.1% 395,065 21.1% 98,431 33.2 3.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 178,783 10.9% 207,344 11.1% 28,561 16.0 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 1,450,755 100.0% 1,670,379 100.0% 219,624 15.1 OCCUPIED.............. 1,341,856 92.5% 1,506,790 90.2% 164,934 12.3 -2.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 941,237 70.1% 1,062,148 70.5% 120,911 12.8 0.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $63,060 $64,146 1,085 1.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 400,619 29.9% 444,642 29.5% 44,023 11.0 -0.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $298 $325 27 9.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 1,108,587 76.4% 1,171,201 70.1% 62,614 5.6 -6.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 120,443 8.3% 217,784 13.0% 97,341 80.8 4.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1961.4 1970.0 8.6 0.4 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