Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Wilmington city GEOCODE:10-0255 DE ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 70,195 100.0% 71,529 100.0% 1,334 1.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 57,609 82.1% 55,162 77.1% -2,447 -4.2 -5.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 843 1.2% 1,944 2.7% 1,101 130.6 1.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 31,731 45.2% 30,299 42.4% -1,432 -4.5 -2.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 35,925 51.2% 37,314 52.2% 1,389 3.9 1.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 140 0.2% 332 0.5% 192 137.1 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 86 0.1% 90 0.1% 4 4.7 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 3,307 4.7% 4,809 6.7% 1,502 45.4 2.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 5,123 7.3% 5,057 7.1% -66 -1.3 -0.2 5-17.................. 14,737 21.0% 12,746 17.8% -1,991 -13.5 -3.2 18-24.................. 8,169 11.6% 6,968 9.7% -1,201 -14.7 -1.9 25-44.................. 17,428 24.8% 24,373 34.1% 6,945 39.8 9.2 45-64.................. 13,710 19.5% 11,837 16.5% -1,873 -13.7 -3.0 65 AND OVER............ 11,028 15.7% 10,548 14.7% -480 -4.4 -1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 19,860 28.3% 17,803 24.9% -2,057 -10.4 -3.4 40 AND OVER............ 28,047 40.0% 27,297 38.2% -750 -2.7 -1.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.2 32.8 1.6 5.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,975 $26,389 6,414 32.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,655 $31,140 6,485 26.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,762 $14,256 3,494 32.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 17,029 24.6% 12,598 18.1% -4,431 -26.0 -6.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 26,851 100.0% 28,585 100.0% 1,734 6.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 16,712 62.2% 16,475 57.6% -237 -1.4 -4.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 7,460 27.8% 9,123 31.9% 1,663 22.3 4.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 9,856 36.7% 9,223 32.3% -633 -6.4 -4.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,466 16.6% 3,859 13.5% -607 -13.6 -3.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 5,742 21.4% 6,031 21.1% 289 5.0 -0.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 3,389 12.6% 3,150 11.0% -239 -7.1 -1.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 9,006 33.5% 10,358 36.2% 1,352 15.0 2.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.1 -5.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 42,166 100.0% 46,758 100.0% 4,592 10.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 12,449 29.5% 13,762 29.4% 1,313 10.5 -0.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,540 13.1% 8,857 18.9% 3,317 59.9 5.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 29,765 100.0% 35,730 100.0% 5,965 20.0 FEMALE................ 14,384 48.3% 18,194 50.9% 3,810 26.5 2.6 EMPLOYED.............. 26,948 90.5% 33,188 92.9% 6,240 23.2 2.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 6,035 20.3% 8,512 23.8% 2,477 41.0 3.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 5,560 18.7% 6,773 19.0% 1,213 21.8 0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 30,474 100.0% 31,244 100.0% 770 2.5 OCCUPIED.............. 26,901 88.3% 28,556 91.4% 1,655 6.2 3.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 14,359 53.4% 15,179 53.2% 820 5.7 -0.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $54,395 $94,782 40,387 74.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 12,542 46.6% 13,377 46.8% 835 6.7 0.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $320 $450 130 40.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 19,360 63.5% 20,097 64.3% 737 3.8 0.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 35 0.1% 55 0.2% 20 57.1 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1937.1 1942.0 4.9 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