Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fort Pierce city GEOCODE:12-0665 FL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 33,802 100.0% 36,830 100.0% 3,028 9.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 28,133 83.2% 29,511 80.1% 1,378 4.9 -3.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 617 1.8% 846 2.3% 229 37.1 0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 18,978 56.1% 19,807 53.8% 829 4.4 -2.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 14,600 43.2% 15,666 42.5% 1,066 7.3 -0.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 61 0.2% 141 0.4% 80 131.1 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 102 0.3% 81 0.2% -21 -20.6 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 736 2.2% 2,168 5.9% 1,432 194.6 3.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,672 7.9% 3,113 8.5% 441 16.5 0.5 5-17.................. 6,939 20.5% 6,608 17.9% -331 -4.8 -2.6 18-24.................. 4,263 12.6% 3,203 8.7% -1,060 -24.9 -3.9 25-44.................. 7,617 22.5% 9,617 26.1% 2,000 26.3 3.6 45-64.................. 6,840 20.2% 6,908 18.8% 68 1.0 -1.5 65 AND OVER............ 5,471 16.2% 7,381 20.0% 1,910 34.9 3.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,611 28.4% 9,721 26.4% 110 1.1 -2.0 40 AND OVER............ 13,866 41.0% 16,019 43.5% 2,153 15.5 2.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.3 35.2 4.0 12.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $18,482 $18,913 431 2.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $22,752 $22,601 -151 -0.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,551 $9,961 410 4.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 9,135 27.6% 10,591 29.2% 1,456 15.9 1.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 12,741 100.0% 14,283 100.0% 1,542 12.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,536 67.0% 9,197 64.4% 661 7.7 -2.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,000 31.4% 3,965 27.8% -35 -0.9 -3.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,275 49.3% 6,139 43.0% -136 -2.2 -6.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,351 18.5% 1,877 13.1% -474 -20.2 -5.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,907 15.0% 2,492 17.4% 585 30.7 2.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,258 9.9% 1,626 11.4% 368 29.3 1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,593 28.2% 4,082 28.6% 489 13.6 0.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 19,928 100.0% 23,906 100.0% 3,978 20.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,936 29.8% 6,091 25.5% 155 2.6 -4.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,808 9.1% 2,691 11.3% 883 48.8 2.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 14,070 100.0% 15,384 100.0% 1,314 9.3 FEMALE................ 6,078 43.2% 7,295 47.4% 1,217 20.0 4.2 EMPLOYED.............. 13,043 92.7% 13,474 87.6% 431 3.3 -5.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,323 16.5% 2,267 14.7% -56 -2.4 -1.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,895 13.5% 2,552 16.6% 657 34.7 3.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 14,558 100.0% 17,250 100.0% 2,692 18.5 OCCUPIED.............. 12,714 87.3% 14,171 82.2% 1,457 11.5 -5.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,728 52.9% 7,552 53.3% 824 12.2 0.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $66,948 $70,522 3,573 5.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,986 47.1% 6,619 46.7% 633 10.6 -0.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $327 $401 74 22.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,347 50.5% 8,168 47.4% 821 11.2 -3.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 970 6.7% 1,132 6.6% 162 16.7 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1961.7 1970.0 8.3 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