Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fairbanks city GEOCODE:02-1080 AK ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 22,645 100.0% 30,843 100.0% 8,198 36.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 17,775 78.5% 24,000 77.8% 6,225 35.0 -0.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,507 6.7% 2,401 7.8% 894 59.3 1.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 6 0.0% 6 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 18,342 81.0% 22,366 72.5% 4,024 21.9 -8.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,981 8.7% 3,992 12.9% 2,011 101.5 4.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 417 1.8% 972 3.2% 555 133.1 1.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,566 6.9% 2,805 9.1% 1,239 79.1 2.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 716 3.2% 1,533 5.0% 817 114.1 1.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,342 10.3% 3,351 10.9% 1,009 43.1 0.5 5-17.................. 4,266 18.8% 5,581 18.1% 1,315 30.8 -0.7 18-24.................. 4,213 18.6% 5,048 16.4% 835 19.8 -2.2 25-44.................. 7,701 34.0% 11,448 37.1% 3,747 48.7 3.1 45-64.................. 3,239 14.3% 3,869 12.5% 630 19.5 -1.8 65 AND OVER............ 884 3.9% 1,546 5.0% 662 74.9 1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,608 29.2% 8,932 29.0% 2,324 35.2 -0.2 40 AND OVER............ 5,366 23.7% 7,252 23.5% 1,886 35.1 -0.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.8 27.0 1.2 4.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $36,182 $32,033 -4,149 -11.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $41,530 $33,968 -7,562 -18.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $16,665 $14,665 -2,000 -12.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,249 10.6% 2,963 10.4% 714 31.7 -0.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,204 100.0% 11,019 100.0% 2,815 34.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,475 66.7% 7,432 67.4% 1,957 35.7 0.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,219 39.2% 4,905 44.5% 1,686 52.4 5.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,637 56.5% 6,026 54.7% 1,389 30.0 -1.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,890 35.2% 3,784 34.3% 894 30.9 -0.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 639 7.8% 1,023 9.3% 384 60.1 1.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 514 6.3% 803 7.3% 289 56.2 1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,215 27.0% 2,846 25.8% 631 28.5 -1.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.6 0.0 0.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,824 100.0% 16,863 100.0% 5,039 42.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,092 43.1% 5,270 31.3% 178 3.5 -11.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,075 17.5% 3,092 18.3% 1,017 49.0 0.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,723 100.0% 12,921 100.0% 3,198 32.9 FEMALE................ 4,320 44.4% 6,539 50.6% 2,219 51.4 6.2 EMPLOYED.............. 8,593 88.4% 11,425 88.4% 2,832 33.0 0.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,188 22.5% 2,916 22.6% 728 33.3 0.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,286 13.2% 2,366 18.3% 1,080 84.0 5.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,712 100.0% 12,537 100.0% 2,825 29.1 OCCUPIED.............. 8,145 83.9% 10,885 86.8% 2,740 33.6 3.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,845 34.9% 3,384 31.1% 539 18.9 -3.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $107,598 $92,859 -14,740 -13.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,300 65.1% 7,501 68.9% 2,201 41.5 3.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $528 $523 -5 -1.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,589 37.0% 4,807 38.3% 1,218 33.9 1.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 74 0.8% 150 1.2% 76 102.7 0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1959.4 1970.0 10.6 0.5 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