Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Meriden city GEOCODE:09-1210 CT ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 57,118 100.0% 59,479 100.0% 2,361 4.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 49,849 87.3% 50,140 84.3% 291 0.6 -3.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 893 1.6% 1,127 1.9% 234 26.2 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 53,122 93.0% 53,345 89.7% 223 0.4 -3.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,923 3.4% 2,335 3.9% 412 21.4 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 107 0.2% 287 0.5% 180 168.2 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 113 0.2% 128 0.2% 15 13.3 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 4,817 8.4% 7,695 12.9% 2,878 59.7 4.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,833 6.7% 4,636 7.8% 803 20.9 1.1 5-17.................. 11,323 19.8% 9,762 16.4% -1,561 -13.8 -3.4 18-24.................. 6,935 12.1% 5,481 9.2% -1,454 -21.0 -2.9 25-44.................. 15,416 27.0% 20,459 34.4% 5,043 32.7 7.4 45-64.................. 12,411 21.7% 10,377 17.4% -2,034 -16.4 -4.3 65 AND OVER............ 7,200 12.6% 8,764 14.7% 1,564 21.7 2.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 15,156 26.5% 14,398 24.2% -758 -5.0 -2.3 40 AND OVER............ 22,539 39.5% 23,085 38.8% 546 2.4 -0.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.5 33.6 2.2 6.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $30,773 $36,211 5,438 17.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $36,017 $41,910 5,893 16.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,803 $15,618 2,815 22.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,166 7.4% 4,266 7.3% 100 2.4 -0.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 21,039 100.0% 23,108 100.0% 2,069 9.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 15,405 73.2% 16,050 69.5% 645 4.2 -3.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 9,035 42.9% 9,912 42.9% 877 9.7 -0.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 12,769 60.7% 12,203 52.8% -566 -4.4 -7.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 6,234 29.6% 5,547 24.0% -687 -11.0 -5.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,142 10.2% 2,960 12.8% 818 38.2 2.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,216 5.8% 1,747 7.6% 531 43.7 1.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,047 24.0% 6,025 26.1% 978 19.4 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.1 -5.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 35,027 100.0% 39,600 100.0% 4,573 13.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 12,583 35.9% 13,511 34.1% 928 7.4 -1.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,191 12.0% 6,276 15.8% 2,085 49.7 3.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 29,311 100.0% 31,989 100.0% 2,678 9.1 FEMALE................ 12,894 44.0% 15,161 47.4% 2,267 17.6 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 27,727 94.6% 30,347 94.9% 2,620 9.4 0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,299 18.1% 6,880 21.5% 1,581 29.8 3.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,241 11.1% 3,900 12.2% 659 20.3 1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 22,193 100.0% 24,826 100.0% 2,633 11.9 OCCUPIED.............. 21,051 94.9% 23,240 93.6% 2,189 10.4 -1.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 12,576 59.7% 14,071 60.5% 1,495 11.9 0.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $89,040 $151,725 62,685 70.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 8,475 40.3% 9,169 39.5% 694 8.2 -0.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $366 $533 167 45.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 11,293 50.9% 12,707 51.2% 1,414 12.5 0.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 146 0.7% 171 0.7% 25 17.1 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1949.4 1957.0 7.6 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