Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fort Lauderdale city GEOCODE:12-0645 FL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 153,279 100.0% 149,377 100.0% -3,902 -2.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 114,631 74.8% 105,066 70.3% -9,565 -8.3 -4.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,831 1.8% 5,026 3.4% 2,195 77.5 1.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 119,327 77.8% 104,015 69.6% -15,312 -12.8 -8.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 32,222 21.0% 41,997 28.1% 9,775 30.3 7.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 685 0.4% 1,125 0.8% 440 64.2 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 246 0.2% 383 0.3% 137 55.7 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 6,267 4.1% 10,574 7.1% 4,307 68.7 3.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 7,492 4.9% 8,904 6.0% 1,412 18.8 1.1 5-17.................. 22,409 14.6% 19,139 12.8% -3,270 -14.6 -1.8 18-24.................. 18,455 12.0% 12,174 8.1% -6,281 -34.0 -3.9 25-44.................. 41,905 27.3% 51,968 34.8% 10,063 24.0 7.5 45-64.................. 33,834 22.1% 30,439 20.4% -3,395 -10.0 -1.7 65 AND OVER............ 29,184 19.0% 26,753 17.9% -2,431 -8.3 -1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 29,901 19.5% 28,043 18.8% -1,858 -6.2 -0.7 40 AND OVER............ 70,981 46.3% 68,282 45.7% -2,699 -3.8 -0.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 36.4 37.4 0.9 2.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,320 $27,239 919 3.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,911 $34,010 1,099 3.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $16,656 $19,814 3,158 19.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 21,299 14.2% 24,793 17.1% 3,494 16.4 3.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 67,908 100.0% 66,412 100.0% -1,496 -2.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 38,987 57.4% 34,763 52.3% -4,224 -10.8 -5.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 18,123 26.7% 17,350 26.1% -773 -4.3 -0.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 29,978 44.1% 24,724 37.2% -5,254 -17.5 -6.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 9,936 14.6% 8,176 12.3% -1,760 -17.7 -2.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 6,965 10.3% 7,346 11.1% 381 5.5 0.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 3,812 5.6% 4,001 6.0% 189 5.0 0.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 23,140 34.1% 25,167 37.9% 2,027 8.8 3.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.2 2.2 -0.0 -1.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 104,923 100.0% 109,160 100.0% 4,237 4.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 35,698 34.0% 28,905 26.5% -6,793 -19.0 -7.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 19,468 18.6% 23,856 21.9% 4,388 22.5 3.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 75,328 100.0% 77,851 100.0% 2,523 3.3 FEMALE................ 32,587 43.3% 33,776 43.4% 1,189 3.6 0.1 EMPLOYED.............. 72,011 95.6% 72,643 93.3% 632 0.9 -2.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 17,666 23.5% 18,720 24.0% 1,054 6.0 0.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 12,861 17.1% 13,928 17.9% 1,067 8.3 0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 78,503 100.0% 81,268 100.0% 2,765 3.5 OCCUPIED.............. 67,623 86.1% 66,440 81.8% -1,183 -1.7 -4.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 38,011 56.2% 36,144 54.4% -1,867 -4.9 -1.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $132,254 $160,160 27,906 21.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 29,612 43.8% 30,296 45.6% 684 2.3 1.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $433 $486 53 12.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 30,830 39.3% 30,439 37.5% -391 -1.3 -1.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,256 1.6% 1,712 2.1% 456 36.3 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.3 1964.0 1.7 0.1 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