Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Tuscaloosa city GEOCODE:01-1720 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 75,211 100.0% 77,759 100.0% 2,548 3.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 53,803 71.5% 53,187 68.4% -616 -1.1 -3.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 8,817 11.7% 8,652 11.1% -165 -1.9 -0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 48,360 64.3% 49,083 63.1% 723 1.5 -1.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 26,374 35.1% 27,508 35.4% 1,134 4.3 0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 303 0.4% 964 1.2% 661 218.2 0.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 55 0.1% 67 0.1% 12 21.8 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 683 0.9% 579 0.7% -104 -15.2 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 5,107 6.8% 4,372 5.6% -735 -14.4 -1.2 5-17.................. 12,703 16.9% 11,751 15.1% -952 -7.5 -1.8 18-24.................. 19,194 25.5% 18,290 23.5% -904 -4.7 -2.0 25-44.................. 18,302 24.3% 21,749 28.0% 3,447 18.8 3.6 45-64.................. 12,553 16.7% 12,691 16.3% 138 1.1 -0.4 65 AND OVER............ 7,352 9.8% 8,906 11.5% 1,554 21.1 1.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 17,810 23.7% 16,123 20.7% -1,687 -9.5 -2.9 40 AND OVER............ 23,047 30.6% 26,004 33.4% 2,957 12.8 2.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.4 28.3 2.9 11.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,705 $19,568 -137 -0.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,459 $28,731 272 1.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,621 $11,469 1,848 19.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 17,220 25.9% 18,455 26.7% 1,235 7.2 0.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 26,156 100.0% 29,348 100.0% 3,192 12.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 16,516 63.1% 17,269 58.8% 753 4.6 -4.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,786 33.6% 9,204 31.4% 418 4.8 -2.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 12,458 47.6% 12,287 41.9% -171 -1.4 -5.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,770 22.1% 5,162 17.6% -608 -10.5 -4.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,556 13.6% 4,205 14.3% 649 18.3 0.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,156 8.2% 2,449 8.3% 293 13.6 0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 7,339 28.1% 9,152 31.2% 1,813 24.7 3.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.2 -7.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 38,207 100.0% 43,346 100.0% 5,139 13.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 10,178 26.6% 9,712 22.4% -466 -4.6 -4.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 8,678 22.7% 11,830 27.3% 3,152 36.3 4.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 31,337 100.0% 35,169 100.0% 3,832 12.2 FEMALE................ 14,690 46.9% 17,122 48.7% 2,432 16.6 1.8 EMPLOYED.............. 28,789 91.9% 32,724 93.0% 3,935 13.7 1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 8,283 26.4% 10,300 29.3% 2,017 24.4 2.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,736 15.1% 5,305 15.1% 569 12.0 -0.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 28,194 100.0% 31,194 100.0% 3,000 10.6 OCCUPIED.............. 26,167 92.8% 29,467 94.5% 3,300 12.6 1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 12,697 48.5% 13,807 46.9% 1,110 8.7 -1.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $73,408 $74,746 1,338 1.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 13,470 51.5% 15,660 53.1% 2,190 16.3 1.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $312 $342 30 9.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 16,690 59.2% 17,754 56.9% 1,064 6.4 -2.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 404 1.4% 539 1.7% 135 33.4 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1961.4 1967.0 5.6 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