Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Anchorage city GEOCODE:02-0140 AK ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 174,431 100.0% 226,338 100.0% 51,907 29.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 146,641 84.1% 187,569 82.9% 40,928 27.9 -1.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,841 2.8% 5,105 2.3% 264 5.5 -0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 4,030 2.3% 4,593 2.0% 563 14.0 -0.3 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 149,765 85.9% 182,867 80.8% 33,102 22.1 -5.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 9,389 5.4% 14,411 6.4% 5,022 53.5 1.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 4,241 2.4% 10,764 4.8% 6,523 153.8 2.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 9,022 5.2% 14,910 6.6% 5,888 65.3 1.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,057 2.9% 9,372 4.1% 4,315 85.3 1.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 16,396 9.4% 21,330 9.4% 4,934 30.1 0.0 5-17.................. 38,405 22.0% 45,085 19.9% 6,680 17.4 -2.1 18-24.................. 26,610 15.3% 23,268 10.3% -3,342 -12.6 -5.0 25-44.................. 65,720 37.7% 92,061 40.7% 26,341 40.1 3.0 45-64.................. 23,875 13.7% 36,480 16.1% 12,605 52.8 2.4 65 AND OVER............ 3,425 2.0% 8,114 3.6% 4,689 136.9 1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 54,801 31.4% 66,415 29.3% 11,614 21.2 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 39,619 22.7% 64,068 28.3% 24,449 61.7 5.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.3 30.1 3.8 14.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $46,756 $43,946 -2,810 -6.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $52,487 $50,098 -2,389 -4.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $19,367 $19,620 253 1.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 12,446 7.4% 15,614 7.1% 3,168 25.5 -0.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 60,826 100.0% 83,043 100.0% 22,217 36.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 43,851 72.1% 57,519 69.3% 13,668 31.2 -2.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 28,777 47.3% 40,015 48.2% 11,238 39.1 0.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 36,905 60.7% 46,438 55.9% 9,533 25.8 -4.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 22,930 37.7% 26,688 32.1% 3,758 16.4 -5.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 5,033 8.3% 7,983 9.6% 2,950 58.6 1.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 4,097 6.7% 6,180 7.4% 2,083 50.8 0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 12,075 19.9% 18,788 22.6% 6,713 55.6 2.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.1 -4.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 93,020 100.0% 136,655 100.0% 43,635 46.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 36,870 39.6% 34,504 25.2% -2,366 -6.4 -14.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 21,984 23.6% 36,692 26.9% 14,708 66.9 3.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 84,773 100.0% 119,663 100.0% 34,890 41.2 FEMALE................ 37,678 44.4% 55,317 46.2% 17,639 46.8 1.8 EMPLOYED.............. 77,754 91.7% 111,242 93.0% 33,488 43.1 1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 23,697 28.0% 35,971 30.1% 12,274 51.8 2.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 9,721 11.5% 15,398 12.9% 5,677 58.4 1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 69,895 100.0% 94,153 100.0% 24,258 34.7 OCCUPIED.............. 60,470 86.5% 82,702 87.8% 22,232 36.8 1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 34,198 56.6% 43,664 52.8% 9,466 27.7 -3.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $151,367 $120,333 -31,034 -20.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 26,272 43.4% 39,038 47.2% 12,766 48.6 3.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $593 $564 -29 -4.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 30,677 43.9% 49,078 52.1% 18,401 60.0 8.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 7,398 10.6% 6,456 6.9% -942 -12.7 -3.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1971.0 1976.0 5.0 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