Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Colorado Springs city GEOCODE:08-0240 CO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 215,150 100.0% 281,140 100.0% 65,990 30.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 180,521 83.9% 232,027 82.5% 51,506 28.5 -1.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,481 2.1% 5,355 1.9% 874 19.5 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 138 0.0% 138 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 190,007 88.3% 242,123 86.1% 52,116 27.4 -2.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 11,929 5.5% 19,610 7.0% 7,681 64.4 1.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 3,494 1.6% 6,631 2.4% 3,137 89.8 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,244 0.6% 2,472 0.9% 1,228 98.7 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 18,392 8.5% 25,021 8.9% 6,629 36.0 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 16,613 7.7% 23,766 8.5% 7,153 43.1 0.7 5-17.................. 44,270 20.6% 51,355 18.3% 7,085 16.0 -2.3 18-24.................. 32,691 15.2% 30,529 10.9% -2,162 -6.6 -4.3 25-44.................. 66,386 30.9% 102,770 36.6% 36,384 54.8 5.7 45-64.................. 37,611 17.5% 46,879 16.7% 9,268 24.6 -0.8 65 AND OVER............ 17,579 8.2% 25,841 9.2% 8,262 47.0 1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 60,883 28.3% 75,121 26.7% 14,238 23.4 -1.6 40 AND OVER............ 67,984 31.6% 94,034 33.4% 26,051 38.3 1.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.2 31.1 2.9 10.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,239 $28,928 1,689 6.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,430 $34,113 1,683 5.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,646 $14,243 1,597 12.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 21,624 10.3% 29,973 10.9% 8,349 38.6 0.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 81,483 100.0% 111,002 100.0% 29,519 36.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 57,148 70.1% 75,069 67.6% 17,921 31.4 -2.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 32,652 40.1% 46,249 41.7% 13,597 41.6 1.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 48,523 59.5% 61,506 55.4% 12,983 26.8 -4.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 25,353 31.1% 30,585 27.6% 5,232 20.6 -3.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 7,156 8.8% 10,814 9.7% 3,658 51.1 1.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 5,207 6.4% 7,536 6.8% 2,329 44.7 0.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 19,832 24.3% 29,561 26.6% 9,729 49.1 2.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 121,576 100.0% 175,490 100.0% 53,914 44.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 44,234 36.4% 42,770 24.4% -1,464 -3.3 -12.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 27,179 22.4% 48,286 27.5% 21,107 77.7 5.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 98,140 100.0% 138,239 100.0% 40,099 40.9 FEMALE................ 44,603 45.4% 66,505 48.1% 21,902 49.1 2.7 EMPLOYED.............. 90,846 92.6% 128,155 92.7% 37,309 41.1 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 24,146 24.6% 40,343 29.2% 16,197 67.1 4.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 12,857 13.1% 18,978 13.7% 6,121 47.6 0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 88,181 100.0% 124,442 100.0% 36,261 41.1 OCCUPIED.............. 81,241 92.1% 110,862 89.1% 29,621 36.5 -3.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 47,939 59.0% 60,533 54.6% 12,594 26.3 -4.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $99,282 $94,281 -5,002 -5.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 33,302 41.0% 50,329 45.4% 17,027 51.1 4.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $352 $413 61 17.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 55,730 63.2% 77,631 62.4% 21,901 39.3 -0.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 2,553 2.9% 3,744 3.0% 1,191 46.7 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1966.3 1973.0 6.7 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