Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Mobile city GEOCODE:01-1165 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 200,396 100.0% 196,278 100.0% -4,118 -2.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 173,818 86.7% 163,782 83.4% -10,036 -5.8 -3.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,974 2.0% 5,209 2.7% 1,235 31.1 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 125,466 62.6% 116,872 59.5% -8,594 -6.8 -3.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 72,697 36.3% 76,510 39.0% 3,813 5.2 2.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,289 0.6% 1,878 1.0% 589 45.7 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 539 0.3% 651 0.3% 112 20.8 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 2,418 1.2% 2,152 1.1% -266 -11.0 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 15,401 7.7% 14,727 7.5% -674 -4.4 -0.2 5-17.................. 42,550 21.2% 36,972 18.8% -5,578 -13.1 -2.4 18-24.................. 28,411 14.2% 21,417 10.9% -6,994 -24.6 -3.3 25-44.................. 52,970 26.4% 61,134 31.1% 8,164 15.4 4.7 45-64.................. 38,804 19.4% 35,200 17.9% -3,604 -9.3 -1.4 65 AND OVER............ 22,260 11.1% 26,828 13.7% 4,568 20.5 2.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 57,951 28.9% 51,699 26.3% -6,252 -10.8 -2.6 40 AND OVER............ 71,218 35.5% 75,349 38.4% 4,132 5.8 2.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.9 32.6 3.7 12.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,915 $22,446 -2,469 -9.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,279 $28,220 -2,059 -6.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,261 $12,509 1,248 11.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 36,603 18.6% 42,838 22.4% 6,235 17.0 3.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 71,651 100.0% 75,712 100.0% 4,061 5.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 51,892 72.4% 51,688 68.3% -204 -0.4 -4.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 25,680 35.8% 26,197 34.6% 517 2.0 -1.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 39,040 54.5% 35,511 46.9% -3,529 -9.0 -7.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 19,429 27.1% 16,141 21.3% -3,288 -16.9 -5.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 11,069 15.4% 13,913 18.4% 2,844 25.7 2.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 6,528 9.1% 8,152 10.8% 1,624 24.9 1.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 17,504 24.4% 21,288 28.1% 3,784 21.6 3.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -7.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 114,034 100.0% 123,162 100.0% 9,128 8.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 37,863 33.2% 35,081 28.5% -2,782 -7.3 -4.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 19,403 17.0% 26,380 21.4% 6,977 36.0 4.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 87,971 100.0% 90,296 100.0% 2,325 2.6 FEMALE................ 38,088 43.3% 43,909 48.6% 5,821 15.3 5.3 EMPLOYED.............. 81,855 93.0% 81,976 90.8% 121 0.1 -2.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 20,527 23.3% 23,579 26.1% 3,052 14.9 2.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 10,743 12.2% 11,160 12.4% 417 3.9 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 75,540 100.0% 82,817 100.0% 7,277 9.6 OCCUPIED.............. 71,406 94.5% 75,442 91.1% 4,036 5.7 -3.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 42,594 59.7% 43,806 58.1% 1,212 2.8 -1.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $74,688 $68,256 -6,433 -8.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 28,812 40.3% 31,636 41.9% 2,824 9.8 1.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $327 $332 5 1.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 55,440 73.4% 57,538 69.5% 2,098 3.8 -3.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 613 0.8% 1,046 1.3% 433 70.6 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1958.7 1963.0 4.3 0.2 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