Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fort Wayne city GEOCODE:18-0825 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 172,196 100.0% 173,072 100.0% 876 0.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 142,444 82.7% 138,789 80.2% -3,655 -2.6 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,138 2.4% 3,984 2.3% -154 -3.7 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 144,255 83.8% 139,005 80.3% -5,250 -3.6 -3.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 24,644 14.3% 28,915 16.7% 4,271 17.3 2.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,158 0.7% 1,733 1.0% 575 49.7 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 431 0.3% 665 0.4% 234 54.3 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 3,506 2.0% 4,394 2.5% 888 25.3 0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 13,817 8.0% 13,860 8.0% 43 0.3 -0.0 5-17.................. 34,388 20.0% 31,774 18.4% -2,614 -7.6 -1.6 18-24.................. 25,361 14.7% 18,852 10.9% -6,509 -25.7 -3.8 25-44.................. 46,239 26.9% 57,234 33.1% 10,995 23.8 6.2 45-64.................. 31,937 18.5% 28,119 16.2% -3,818 -12.0 -2.3 65 AND OVER............ 20,454 11.9% 23,233 13.4% 2,779 13.6 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 48,205 28.0% 45,634 26.4% -2,571 -5.3 -1.6 40 AND OVER............ 60,395 35.1% 62,567 36.2% 2,172 3.6 1.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.7 31.7 3.0 10.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,393 $26,344 -1,049 -3.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,443 $31,981 -1,462 -4.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,398 $12,726 328 2.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 18,466 11.0% 19,531 11.5% 1,065 5.8 0.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 65,904 100.0% 69,345 100.0% 3,441 5.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 43,996 66.8% 43,949 63.4% -47 -0.1 -3.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 24,414 37.0% 26,589 38.3% 2,175 8.9 1.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 34,336 52.1% 32,628 47.1% -1,708 -5.0 -5.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 16,886 25.6% 15,349 22.1% -1,537 -9.1 -3.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 7,966 12.1% 9,013 13.0% 1,047 13.1 0.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 5,473 8.3% 5,894 8.5% 421 7.7 0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 18,839 28.6% 21,479 31.0% 2,640 14.0 2.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.1 -4.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 98,630 100.0% 108,586 100.0% 9,956 10.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 38,419 39.0% 36,371 33.5% -2,048 -5.3 -5.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 13,119 13.3% 17,090 15.7% 3,971 30.3 2.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 84,963 100.0% 90,629 100.0% 5,666 6.7 FEMALE................ 38,457 45.3% 43,524 48.0% 5,067 13.2 2.8 EMPLOYED.............. 77,431 91.1% 85,039 93.8% 7,608 9.8 2.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 15,661 18.4% 19,643 21.7% 3,982 25.4 3.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 11,425 13.4% 12,294 13.6% 869 7.6 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 70,515 100.0% 77,166 100.0% 6,651 9.4 OCCUPIED.............. 65,961 93.5% 69,627 90.2% 3,666 5.6 -3.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 40,832 61.9% 41,521 59.6% 689 1.7 -2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $56,429 $52,342 -4,087 -7.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 25,129 38.1% 28,106 40.4% 2,977 11.8 2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $351 $382 31 9.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 47,189 66.9% 48,914 63.4% 1,725 3.7 -3.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,573 2.2% 2,286 3.0% 713 45.3 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1951.2 1957.0 5.8 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