Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Atlanta city GEOCODE:13-0150 GA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 425,022 100.0% 394,017 100.0% -31,005 -7.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 329,885 77.6% 287,470 73.0% -42,415 -12.9 -4.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 16,855 4.0% 20,491 5.2% 3,636 21.6 1.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 138,235 32.5% 122,363 31.1% -15,872 -11.5 -1.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 283,158 66.6% 264,213 67.1% -18,945 -6.7 0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 2,001 0.5% 3,327 0.8% 1,326 66.3 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 610 0.1% 626 0.2% 16 2.6 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,750 1.4% 7,640 1.9% 1,890 32.9 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 29,869 7.0% 29,836 7.6% -33 -0.1 0.5 5-17.................. 84,229 19.8% 65,165 16.5% -19,064 -22.6 -3.3 18-24.................. 64,411 15.2% 51,257 13.0% -13,154 -20.4 -2.1 25-44.................. 124,807 29.4% 136,794 34.7% 11,987 9.6 5.4 45-64.................. 72,518 17.1% 66,362 16.8% -6,156 -8.5 -0.2 65 AND OVER............ 49,188 11.6% 44,603 11.3% -4,585 -9.3 -0.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 114,098 26.8% 95,001 24.1% -19,097 -16.7 -2.7 40 AND OVER............ 144,375 34.0% 138,675 35.2% -5,700 -3.9 1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.9 31.6 2.7 9.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,294 $22,275 2,981 15.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $23,213 $25,173 1,960 8.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,169 $15,279 4,110 36.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 112,622 27.5% 102,364 27.3% -10,258 -9.1 -0.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 162,959 100.0% 155,894 100.0% -7,065 -4.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 98,457 60.4% 87,976 56.4% -10,481 -10.6 -4.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 45,542 27.9% 42,528 27.3% -3,014 -6.6 -0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 57,567 35.3% 44,840 28.8% -12,727 -22.1 -6.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 25,860 15.9% 17,721 11.4% -8,139 -31.5 -4.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 35,416 21.7% 36,577 23.5% 1,161 3.3 1.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 22,488 13.8% 21,427 13.7% -1,061 -4.7 -0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 53,436 32.8% 54,015 34.6% 579 1.1 1.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -4.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 246,513 100.0% 247,759 100.0% 1,246 0.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 63,442 25.7% 57,800 23.3% -5,642 -8.9 -2.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 50,652 20.5% 66,023 26.6% 15,371 30.3 6.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 190,183 100.0% 192,794 100.0% 2,611 1.4 FEMALE................ 91,352 48.0% 92,959 48.2% 1,607 1.8 0.2 EMPLOYED.............. 174,839 91.9% 175,126 90.8% 287 0.2 -1.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 42,277 22.2% 50,469 26.2% 8,192 19.4 3.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 33,416 17.6% 31,285 16.2% -2,131 -6.4 -1.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 178,744 100.0% 182,754 100.0% 4,010 2.2 OCCUPIED.............. 162,553 90.9% 155,752 85.2% -6,801 -4.2 -5.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 67,045 41.2% 67,159 43.1% 114 0.2 1.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $76,156 $125,298 49,142 64.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 95,508 58.8% 88,593 56.9% -6,915 -7.2 -1.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $309 $422 113 36.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 80,761 45.2% 83,793 45.9% 3,032 3.8 0.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 608 0.3% 541 0.3% -67 -11.0 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.8 1958.0 3.2 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