Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: East Palo Alto city GEOCODE:06-0827 CA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,191 100.0% 23,451 100.0% 5,260 28.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 14,880 81.8% 20,557 87.7% 5,677 38.2 5.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 80 0.4% 327 1.4% 247 308.8 1.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 4,545 25.0% 7,250 30.9% 2,705 59.5 5.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 11,107 61.1% 10,071 42.9% -1,036 -9.3 -18.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,168 6.4% 2,371 10.1% 1,203 103.0 3.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 111 0.6% 216 0.9% 105 94.6 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 2,506 13.8% 7,905 33.7% 5,399 215.4 19.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,514 8.3% 2,506 10.7% 992 65.5 2.4 5-17.................. 3,952 21.7% 5,166 22.0% 1,214 30.7 0.3 18-24.................. 3,027 16.6% 2,835 12.1% -192 -6.3 -4.6 25-44.................. 5,512 30.3% 8,045 34.3% 2,533 46.0 4.0 45-64.................. 3,081 16.9% 3,500 14.9% 419 13.6 -2.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,105 6.1% 1,399 6.0% 294 26.6 -0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,466 30.0% 7,672 32.7% 2,206 40.4 2.7 40 AND OVER............ 5,228 28.7% 6,517 27.8% 1,289 24.7 -0.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.6 27.4 0.9 3.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,163 $29,206 5,043 20.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,547 $31,319 3,772 13.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,128 $9,968 -160 -1.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,064 17.0% 4,072 17.5% 1,008 32.9 0.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,474 100.0% 6,813 100.0% 339 5.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,927 60.7% 4,788 70.3% 861 21.9 9.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,145 33.1% 2,964 43.5% 819 38.2 10.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,504 38.7% 3,032 44.5% 528 21.1 5.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,287 19.9% 1,821 26.7% 534 41.5 6.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,036 16.0% 1,259 18.5% 223 21.5 2.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 679 10.5% 679 10.0% 0 0.0 -0.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,958 30.2% 1,647 24.2% -311 -15.9 -6.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 3.4 0.6 21.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,698 100.0% 12,944 100.0% 3,246 33.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,607 26.9% 2,657 20.5% 50 1.9 -6.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,501 15.5% 2,019 15.6% 518 34.5 0.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,270 100.0% 11,237 100.0% 1,967 21.2 FEMALE................ 4,374 47.2% 5,172 46.0% 798 18.2 -1.2 EMPLOYED.............. 8,599 92.8% 10,043 89.4% 1,444 16.8 -3.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,392 15.0% 1,983 17.6% 591 42.5 2.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,980 21.4% 2,184 19.4% 204 10.3 -1.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,783 100.0% 7,351 100.0% 568 8.4 OCCUPIED.............. 6,476 95.5% 6,953 94.6% 477 7.4 -0.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,912 45.0% 3,098 44.6% 186 6.4 -0.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $99,712 $161,057 61,344 61.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,564 55.0% 3,855 55.4% 291 8.2 0.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $441 $586 145 32.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,410 50.3% 3,916 53.3% 506 14.8 3.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 177 2.6% 279 3.8% 102 57.6 1.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.5 1958.0 0.5 0.0 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