Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: East Chicago city GEOCODE:18-0680 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 39,786 100.0% 33,892 100.0% -5,894 -14.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 35,256 88.6% 30,045 88.6% -5,211 -14.8 0.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 283 0.7% 167 0.5% -116 -41.0 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 19,091 48.0% 12,936 38.2% -6,155 -32.2 -9.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 11,810 29.7% 11,395 33.6% -415 -3.5 3.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 71 0.2% 33 0.1% -38 -53.5 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 19 0.0% 102 0.3% 83 436.8 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 16,800 42.2% 15,889 46.9% -911 -5.4 4.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,748 9.4% 2,526 7.5% -1,222 -32.6 -2.0 5-17.................. 8,782 22.1% 8,047 23.7% -735 -8.4 1.7 18-24.................. 5,532 13.9% 3,288 9.7% -2,244 -40.6 -4.2 25-44.................. 8,935 22.5% 9,467 27.9% 532 6.0 5.5 45-64.................. 8,653 21.7% 6,232 18.4% -2,421 -28.0 -3.4 65 AND OVER............ 4,136 10.4% 4,332 12.8% 196 4.7 2.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 12,530 31.5% 10,573 31.2% -1,957 -15.6 -0.3 40 AND OVER............ 14,492 36.4% 12,419 36.6% -2,073 -14.3 0.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.9 30.8 2.9 10.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,343 $19,391 -9,952 -33.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,774 $24,511 -11,263 -31.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,100 $9,090 -2,010 -18.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,636 16.8% 8,604 25.6% 1,968 29.7 8.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 13,591 100.0% 12,051 100.0% -1,540 -11.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 9,657 71.1% 8,633 71.6% -1,024 -10.6 0.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,156 30.6% 3,481 28.9% -675 -16.2 -1.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,484 47.7% 4,869 40.4% -1,615 -24.9 -7.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,368 24.8% 2,320 19.3% -1,048 -31.1 -5.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,603 19.2% 3,258 27.0% 655 25.2 7.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,734 12.8% 2,162 17.9% 428 24.7 5.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,716 27.3% 3,205 26.6% -511 -13.8 -0.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.8 -0.1 -3.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 21,724 100.0% 20,031 100.0% -1,693 -7.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,500 29.9% 6,678 33.3% 178 2.7 3.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,186 5.5% 1,325 6.6% 139 11.7 1.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 16,035 100.0% 13,401 100.0% -2,634 -16.4 FEMALE................ 6,326 39.5% 6,246 46.6% -80 -1.3 7.2 EMPLOYED.............. 14,259 88.9% 11,490 85.7% -2,769 -19.4 -3.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,666 10.4% 1,604 12.0% -62 -3.7 1.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,386 14.9% 1,984 14.8% -402 -16.8 -0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 14,931 100.0% 13,484 100.0% -1,447 -9.7 OCCUPIED.............. 13,687 91.7% 12,122 89.9% -1,565 -11.4 -1.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,864 42.8% 5,505 45.4% -359 -6.1 2.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $60,145 $44,856 -15,289 -25.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 7,823 57.2% 6,617 54.6% -1,206 -15.4 -2.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $282 $286 4 1.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,096 34.1% 5,481 40.6% 385 7.6 6.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 9 0.1% 9 0.1% 0 0.0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1939.4 1945.0 5.6 0.3 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