Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fort Myers city GEOCODE:12-0655 FL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 36,638 100.0% 45,206 100.0% 8,568 23.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 29,973 81.8% 34,549 76.4% 4,576 15.3 -5.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 440 1.2% 1,584 3.5% 1,144 260.0 2.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 369 0.8% 369 0.8 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 24,535 67.0% 29,030 64.2% 4,495 18.3 -2.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 11,541 31.5% 14,422 31.9% 2,881 25.0 0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 94 0.3% 422 0.9% 328 348.9 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 59 0.2% 194 0.4% 135 228.8 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,244 3.4% 3,283 7.3% 2,039 163.9 3.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,777 7.6% 3,873 8.6% 1,096 39.5 1.0 5-17.................. 7,324 20.0% 7,662 16.9% 338 4.6 -3.0 18-24.................. 4,898 13.4% 4,980 11.0% 82 1.7 -2.4 25-44.................. 8,900 24.3% 13,993 31.0% 5,093 57.2 6.7 45-64.................. 6,829 18.6% 7,421 16.4% 592 8.7 -2.2 65 AND OVER............ 5,910 16.1% 7,277 16.1% 1,367 23.1 -0.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 10,101 27.6% 11,535 25.5% 1,434 14.2 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 14,484 39.5% 17,319 38.3% 2,836 19.6 -1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.8 32.2 1.4 4.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,400 $22,102 1,702 8.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,077 $26,904 1,827 7.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,073 $12,329 1,256 11.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 7,827 21.7% 9,015 20.7% 1,188 15.2 -1.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 14,406 100.0% 18,134 100.0% 3,728 25.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 9,270 64.3% 10,773 59.4% 1,503 16.2 -4.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,483 31.1% 5,541 30.6% 1,058 23.6 -0.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,837 47.5% 7,215 39.8% 378 5.5 -7.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,693 18.7% 2,754 15.2% 61 2.3 -3.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,021 14.0% 2,871 15.8% 850 42.1 1.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,382 9.6% 1,787 9.9% 405 29.3 0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,279 29.7% 5,842 32.2% 1,563 36.5 2.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -4.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 21,639 100.0% 28,691 100.0% 7,052 32.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,498 34.7% 8,412 29.3% 914 12.2 -5.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,606 12.0% 4,619 16.1% 2,013 77.2 4.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 16,600 100.0% 21,980 100.0% 5,380 32.4 FEMALE................ 7,733 46.6% 10,236 46.6% 2,503 32.4 -0.0 EMPLOYED.............. 15,899 95.8% 20,612 93.8% 4,713 29.6 -2.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,388 20.4% 4,502 20.5% 1,114 32.9 0.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,476 14.9% 3,939 17.9% 1,463 59.1 3.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 16,103 100.0% 21,388 100.0% 5,285 32.8 OCCUPIED.............. 14,413 89.5% 18,144 84.8% 3,731 25.9 -4.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,998 48.6% 7,701 42.4% 703 10.0 -6.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $71,721 $79,945 8,223 11.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 7,415 51.4% 10,443 57.6% 3,028 40.8 6.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $374 $451 77 20.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,253 51.3% 8,391 39.2% 138 1.7 -12.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 625 3.9% 1,468 6.9% 843 134.9 3.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1963.7 1973.0 9.3 0.5 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