Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Mesa city GEOCODE:04-0215 AZ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 152,453 100.0% 288,091 100.0% 135,638 89.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 134,382 88.1% 243,547 84.5% 109,165 81.2 -3.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 871 0.6% 2,329 0.8% 1,458 167.4 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 141,323 92.7% 260,392 90.4% 119,069 84.3 -2.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,845 1.2% 5,255 1.8% 3,410 184.8 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,337 0.9% 3,927 1.4% 2,590 193.7 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,133 0.7% 2,809 1.0% 1,676 147.9 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 13,890 9.1% 30,549 10.6% 16,659 119.9 1.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 14,136 9.3% 24,974 8.7% 10,838 76.7 -0.6 5-17.................. 31,999 21.0% 57,350 19.9% 25,351 79.2 -1.1 18-24.................. 20,533 13.5% 31,108 10.8% 10,575 51.5 -2.7 25-44.................. 44,387 29.1% 95,421 33.1% 51,034 115.0 4.0 45-64.................. 24,316 15.9% 43,735 15.2% 19,419 79.9 -0.8 65 AND OVER............ 17,082 11.2% 35,503 12.3% 18,421 107.8 1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 46,135 30.3% 82,324 28.6% 36,189 78.4 -1.7 40 AND OVER............ 49,280 32.3% 97,688 33.9% 48,408 98.2 1.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.1 30.4 2.3 8.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $30,471 $30,273 -198 -0.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,753 $35,297 544 1.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,291 $13,506 1,215 9.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 12,802 8.5% 27,087 9.5% 14,285 111.6 1.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 54,183 100.0% 107,717 100.0% 53,534 98.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 40,957 75.6% 74,606 69.3% 33,649 82.2 -6.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 22,295 41.1% 43,926 40.8% 21,631 97.0 -0.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 35,826 66.1% 61,792 57.4% 25,966 72.5 -8.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 18,057 33.3% 30,269 28.1% 12,212 67.6 -5.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 4,002 7.4% 9,600 8.9% 5,598 139.9 1.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,501 4.6% 6,168 5.7% 3,667 146.6 1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 10,263 18.9% 25,706 23.9% 15,443 150.5 4.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.1 -5.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 85,785 100.0% 174,659 100.0% 88,874 103.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 31,513 36.7% 47,083 27.0% 15,570 49.4 -9.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 15,904 18.5% 36,661 21.0% 20,757 130.5 2.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 69,457 100.0% 142,911 100.0% 73,454 105.8 FEMALE................ 29,388 42.3% 64,529 45.2% 35,141 119.6 2.8 EMPLOYED.............. 65,940 94.9% 135,531 94.8% 69,591 105.5 -0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 16,747 24.1% 37,148 26.0% 20,401 121.8 1.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 8,263 11.9% 18,035 12.6% 9,772 118.3 0.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 61,515 100.0% 140,468 100.0% 78,953 128.3 OCCUPIED.............. 54,148 88.0% 107,863 76.8% 53,715 99.2 -11.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 37,317 68.9% 65,678 60.9% 28,361 76.0 -8.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $106,578 $96,470 -10,108 -9.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 16,831 31.1% 42,185 39.1% 25,354 150.6 8.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $476 $470 -6 -1.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 38,353 62.3% 66,763 47.5% 28,410 74.1 -14.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 7,537 12.3% 29,118 20.7% 21,581 286.3 8.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1972.7 1980.0 7.3 0.4 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