Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Merritt Island CDP GEOCODE:12-1365 FL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 30,708 100.0% 32,886 100.0% 2,178 7.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 27,755 90.4% 28,313 86.1% 558 2.0 -4.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 73 0.2% 106 0.3% 33 45.2 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 28,602 93.1% 30,345 92.3% 1,743 6.1 -0.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,641 5.3% 1,711 5.2% 70 4.3 -0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 377 1.2% 453 1.4% 76 20.2 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 49 0.2% 198 0.6% 149 304.1 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 759 2.5% 1,067 3.2% 308 40.6 0.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,558 5.1% 1,870 5.7% 312 20.0 0.6 5-17.................. 6,499 21.2% 5,181 15.8% -1,318 -20.3 -5.4 18-24.................. 3,448 11.2% 2,476 7.5% -972 -28.2 -3.7 25-44.................. 7,930 25.8% 9,965 30.3% 2,035 25.7 4.5 45-64.................. 8,110 26.4% 8,333 25.3% 223 2.7 -1.1 65 AND OVER............ 3,163 10.3% 5,061 15.4% 1,898 60.0 5.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,057 26.2% 7,051 21.4% -1,006 -12.5 -4.8 40 AND OVER............ 13,336 43.4% 15,697 47.7% 2,361 17.7 4.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 35.1 38.5 3.4 9.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $33,026 $35,803 2,777 8.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $36,712 $41,914 5,202 14.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,654 $17,400 3,746 27.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,512 8.2% 2,331 7.1% -181 -7.2 -1.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 11,147 100.0% 13,381 100.0% 2,234 20.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,768 78.7% 9,657 72.2% 889 10.1 -6.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,534 40.7% 5,512 41.2% 978 21.6 0.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,556 67.8% 8,050 60.2% 494 6.5 -7.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,411 30.6% 2,945 22.0% -466 -13.7 -8.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 963 8.6% 1,217 9.1% 254 26.4 0.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 630 5.7% 562 4.2% -68 -10.8 -1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,984 17.8% 3,073 23.0% 1,089 54.9 5.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.4 -0.3 -10.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 19,203 100.0% 23,359 100.0% 4,156 21.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,905 36.0% 6,328 27.1% -577 -8.4 -8.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,844 20.0% 5,457 23.4% 1,613 42.0 3.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 14,349 100.0% 17,182 100.0% 2,833 19.7 FEMALE................ 5,971 41.6% 7,828 45.6% 1,857 31.1 3.9 EMPLOYED.............. 13,493 94.0% 16,465 95.8% 2,972 22.0 1.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,263 29.7% 5,597 32.6% 1,334 31.3 2.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,367 9.5% 2,003 11.7% 636 46.5 2.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,704 100.0% 14,424 100.0% 2,720 23.2 OCCUPIED.............. 11,178 95.5% 13,380 92.8% 2,202 19.7 -2.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,196 73.3% 9,673 72.3% 1,477 18.0 -1.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $103,685 $116,950 13,265 12.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,982 26.7% 3,707 27.7% 725 24.3 1.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $404 $482 78 19.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,862 75.7% 10,454 72.5% 1,592 18.0 -3.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 745 6.4% 883 6.1% 138 18.5 -0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1965.4 1969.0 3.6 0.2 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