Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report STATES AND U.S. TOTALS AREA: Mississippi GEOCODE:28 ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 2,520,638 100.0% 2,573,216 100.0% 52,578 2.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 2,253,255 89.4% 2,245,323 87.3% -7,932 -0.4 -2.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 64,285 2.6% 69,113 2.7% 4,828 7.5 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 1,328,401 52.7% 1,361,945 52.9% 33,544 2.5 0.2 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 1,615,632 64.1% 1,632,884 63.5% 17,252 1.1 -0.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 887,111 35.2% 915,858 35.6% 28,747 3.2 0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 7,749 0.3% 12,706 0.5% 4,957 64.0 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 6,914 0.3% 8,856 0.3% 1,942 28.1 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 24,178 1.0% 14,745 0.6% -9,433 -39.0 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 214,784 8.5% 194,411 7.6% -20,373 -9.5 -1.0 5-17.................. 602,032 23.9% 552,960 21.5% -49,072 -8.2 -2.4 18-24.................. 336,030 13.3% 286,848 11.1% -49,182 -14.6 -2.2 25-44.................. 630,650 25.0% 754,951 29.3% 124,301 19.7 4.3 45-64.................. 448,048 17.8% 462,801 18.0% 14,753 3.3 0.2 65 AND OVER............ 289,094 11.5% 321,245 12.5% 32,151 11.1 1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 816,816 32.4% 747,371 29.0% -69,445 -8.5 -3.4 40 AND OVER............ 867,094 34.4% 950,281 36.9% 83,188 9.6 2.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.7 31.3 3.6 12.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,660 $20,136 -524 -2.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,921 $24,448 -473 -1.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,853 $9,648 795 9.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 587,450 23.9% 631,029 25.2% 43,579 7.4 1.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 828,389 100.0% 910,574 100.0% 82,185 9.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 645,453 77.9% 679,191 74.6% 33,738 5.2 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 334,656 40.4% 361,077 39.7% 26,421 7.9 -0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 521,149 62.9% 508,885 55.9% -12,264 -2.4 -7.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 278,523 33.6% 249,436 27.4% -29,087 -10.4 -6.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 103,425 12.5% 141,775 15.6% 38,350 37.1 3.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 59,855 7.2% 83,073 9.1% 23,218 38.8 1.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 167,849 20.3% 210,277 23.1% 42,428 25.3 2.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.8 -0.2 -7.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 1,367,792 100.0% 1,538,997 100.0% 171,205 12.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 398,848 29.2% 423,624 27.5% 24,776 6.2 -1.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 168,086 12.3% 226,947 14.7% 58,861 35.0 2.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 1,009,374 100.0% 1,123,485 100.0% 114,111 11.3 FEMALE................ 439,223 43.5% 527,769 47.0% 88,546 20.2 3.5 EMPLOYED.............. 937,206 92.9% 1,028,773 91.6% 91,567 9.8 -1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 181,216 18.0% 220,699 19.6% 39,483 21.8 1.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 115,426 11.4% 126,247 11.2% 10,821 9.4 -0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 904,523 100.0% 1,010,423 100.0% 105,900 11.7 OCCUPIED.............. 827,169 91.4% 911,374 90.2% 84,205 10.2 -1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 587,712 71.1% 651,612 71.5% 63,900 10.9 0.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $58,526 $54,037 -4,489 -7.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 239,457 28.9% 259,762 28.5% 20,305 8.5 -0.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $285 $309 24 8.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 707,248 78.2% 730,003 72.2% 22,755 3.2 -5.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 74,189 8.2% 132,655 13.1% 58,466 78.8 4.9 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.3 1971.0 8.7 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