Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: El Cajon city GEOCODE:06-0850 CA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 73,892 100.0% 88,693 100.0% 14,801 20.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 60,723 82.2% 73,034 82.3% 12,311 20.3 0.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,871 2.5% 2,055 2.3% 184 9.8 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 69,471 94.0% 77,475 87.4% 8,004 11.5 -6.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 742 1.0% 2,518 2.8% 1,776 239.4 1.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,058 1.4% 2,337 2.6% 1,279 120.9 1.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 731 1.0% 1,141 1.3% 410 56.1 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,859 7.9% 12,141 13.7% 6,282 107.2 5.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 5,798 7.8% 8,103 9.1% 2,305 39.8 1.3 5-17.................. 13,625 18.4% 15,256 17.2% 1,631 12.0 -1.2 18-24.................. 12,473 16.9% 11,180 12.6% -1,293 -10.4 -4.3 25-44.................. 20,706 28.0% 30,859 34.8% 10,153 49.0 6.8 45-64.................. 13,367 18.1% 13,462 15.2% 95 0.7 -2.9 65 AND OVER............ 7,923 10.7% 9,833 11.1% 1,910 24.1 0.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 19,423 26.3% 23,359 26.3% 3,936 20.3 0.1 40 AND OVER............ 25,198 34.1% 29,265 33.0% 4,067 16.1 -1.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.5 29.8 1.4 4.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,025 $28,108 2,083 8.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,272 $32,096 824 2.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,240 $13,518 1,278 10.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,476 11.8% 11,184 12.9% 2,708 31.9 1.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 28,449 100.0% 32,935 100.0% 4,486 15.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 19,558 68.7% 22,858 69.4% 3,300 16.9 0.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 9,834 34.6% 12,857 39.0% 3,023 30.7 4.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 15,381 54.1% 16,812 51.0% 1,431 9.3 -3.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 7,314 25.7% 8,373 25.4% 1,059 14.5 -0.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,376 11.9% 4,650 14.1% 1,274 37.7 2.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,505 8.8% 3,101 9.4% 596 23.8 0.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 6,900 24.3% 7,448 22.6% 548 7.9 -1.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.6 0.1 3.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 41,996 100.0% 54,154 100.0% 12,158 29.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 16,517 39.3% 15,420 28.5% -1,097 -6.6 -10.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,813 13.8% 7,825 14.4% 2,012 34.6 0.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 34,559 100.0% 42,903 100.0% 8,344 24.1 FEMALE................ 14,879 43.1% 19,440 45.3% 4,561 30.7 2.3 EMPLOYED.............. 31,693 91.7% 39,732 92.6% 8,039 25.4 0.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 6,368 18.4% 9,198 21.4% 2,830 44.4 3.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,311 12.5% 5,601 13.1% 1,290 29.9 0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 30,083 100.0% 34,453 100.0% 4,370 14.5 OCCUPIED.............. 28,464 94.6% 32,893 95.5% 4,429 15.6 0.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 12,353 43.4% 13,392 40.7% 1,039 8.4 -2.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $155,751 $177,063 21,312 13.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 16,111 56.6% 19,501 59.3% 3,390 21.0 2.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $441 $548 107 24.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 13,224 44.0% 14,381 41.7% 1,157 8.7 -2.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 2,141 7.1% 2,069 6.0% -72 -3.4 -1.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1967.0 1970.0 3.0 0.2 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