Census numbers reveal area demographic trends
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As more detailed data is released from the 2020 census, an analysis of that data is available to the public on the Data USA website (https://datausa.io/).
In 2014, two organizations – Deloitte and Datawheel – and Caesar Hildago, director of Collective Learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, along with the collection of experts across a wide variety of fields, developed Data USA as the most comprehensive website and visualization engine of public US Government data.
Information compiled by Data USA provides insights into current trends in Ringgold County and surrounding counties:
Population
Union County 12,303 0.45% one-year decline
Clarke County 9,383 0.25% one-year growth
Harrison County, MO 8,427 0.75% one-year decline
Decatur County 7,908 0.89% one-year decline
Taylor County 6,160 0.11% one-year decline
Ringgold County 4,922 0.85% one-year decline
Adams County 3,633 1.01% one-year decline
Worth County, MO 2,001 1.28% one-year decline
Median* Age
Worth County, MO 48.2 0.21% one-year increase
Adams County 47.2 0.21% one-year decrease
Ringgold County 44.3 0.68% one-year increase
Taylor County 43.6 3.07% one-year increase
Harrison County, MO 42.8 1.2% one-year decrease
Union County 40.6 0.74% one-year increase
Clarke County 39.9 1.48% one-year decrease
Decatur County 36.0 1.1% one-year decrease
Poverty Rate
Harrison County, MO 19.1% 15.1% one-year increase
Clarke County 17.4% 34.5% one-year increase
Worth County, MO 15.9% 16.0% one-year increase
Decatur County 15.8% 14.1% one-year decrease
Adams County 13.4% 5.10% one-year decrease
Union County 11.9% 16.5% one-year decrease
Ringgold County 10.0% 1.54% one-year increase
Taylor County 7.13% 29.0% one-year increase
Median* Household Income
Taylor County $57,768 14.5% one-year growth
Ringgold County $55,970 1.26% one-year growth
Clarke County $55,078 1.20% one-year growth
Adams County $52,287 6.16% one-year growth
Union County $50,375 0.95% one-year growth
Decatur County $48,154 8.3% one-year growth
Worth County, MO $47,500 11.3% one-year growth
Harrison County, MO $40,615 5.36% one-year decline
Median* Property Value
Clarke County $115,400 4.62% one-year growth
Ringgold County $113,000 1.45% one-year growth
Union County $109,600 5.38% one-year growth
Taylor County $84,100 4.34% one-year growth
Decatur County $82,800 0.48% one-year decline
Adams County $81,400 6.97% one-year decline
Harrison County, MO $75,300 0.92% one-year decline
Worth County, MO $71,200 11.6% one-year growth
* Median means that 50% of data points have a value smaller or equal to the median and 50% of data points have a value higher or equal to the median. For example, a the range of the numbers <1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12> – 7 is the median because three numbers are smaller than 7 and three numbers are larger than 7.
