Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Grand Junction city GEOCODE:08-0555 CO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 28,144 100.0% 29,034 100.0% 890 3.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 21,396 76.0% 21,037 72.5% -359 -1.7 -3.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,076 3.8% 1,435 4.9% 359 33.4 1.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 26,735 95.0% 26,705 92.0% -30 -0.1 -3.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 182 0.6% 256 0.9% 74 40.7 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 190 0.7% 195 0.7% 5 2.6 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 189 0.7% 300 1.0% 111 58.7 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 2,674 9.5% 3,146 10.8% 472 17.7 1.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,877 6.7% 1,889 6.5% 12 0.6 -0.2 5-17.................. 4,436 15.8% 4,545 15.7% 109 2.5 -0.1 18-24.................. 4,983 17.7% 3,284 11.3% -1,699 -34.1 -6.4 25-44.................. 7,425 26.4% 8,233 28.4% 808 10.9 2.0 45-64.................. 5,090 18.1% 5,483 18.9% 393 7.7 0.8 65 AND OVER............ 4,333 15.4% 5,600 19.3% 1,267 29.2 3.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,313 22.4% 6,434 22.2% 121 1.9 -0.3 40 AND OVER............ 10,680 37.9% 12,941 44.6% 2,262 21.2 6.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.8 35.9 6.2 20.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,551 $19,042 -3,509 -15.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,865 $23,699 -5,166 -17.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,939 $11,723 -216 -1.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,590 13.2% 5,980 21.6% 2,390 66.6 8.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 11,696 100.0% 12,831 100.0% 1,135 9.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,097 60.7% 7,256 56.6% 159 2.2 -4.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,987 34.1% 3,519 27.4% -468 -11.7 -6.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,716 48.9% 5,467 42.6% -249 -4.4 -6.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,483 21.2% 2,129 16.6% -354 -14.3 -4.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,091 9.3% 1,391 10.8% 300 27.5 1.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 642 5.5% 1,019 7.9% 377 58.7 2.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,754 32.1% 4,764 37.1% 1,010 26.9 5.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.3 2.2 -0.2 -7.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 16,848 100.0% 19,316 100.0% 2,468 14.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,954 35.3% 5,489 28.4% -465 -7.8 -6.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,762 16.4% 3,459 17.9% 697 25.2 1.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 13,832 100.0% 13,355 100.0% -477 -3.4 FEMALE................ 6,009 43.4% 5,968 44.7% -41 -0.7 1.2 EMPLOYED.............. 13,156 95.1% 12,216 91.5% -940 -7.1 -3.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,122 22.6% 3,179 23.8% 57 1.8 1.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,985 14.4% 2,100 15.7% 115 5.8 1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 12,693 100.0% 13,698 100.0% 1,005 7.9 OCCUPIED.............. 11,766 92.7% 12,810 93.5% 1,044 8.9 0.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,661 56.6% 6,453 50.4% -208 -3.1 -6.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $83,920 $63,652 -20,268 -24.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,105 43.4% 6,357 49.6% 1,252 24.5 6.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $382 $313 -69 -18.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,423 58.5% 8,016 58.5% 593 8.0 0.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 887 7.0% 667 4.9% -220 -24.8 -2.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.6 1962.0 4.4 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