Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Gary city GEOCODE:18-0905 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 151,953 100.0% 116,646 100.0% -35,307 -23.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 137,469 90.5% 102,802 88.1% -34,667 -25.2 -2.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 732 0.5% 881 0.8% 149 20.4 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 38,564 25.4% 18,995 16.3% -19,569 -50.7 -9.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 107,539 70.8% 94,013 80.6% -13,526 -12.6 9.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 366 0.2% 145 0.1% -221 -60.4 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 221 0.1% 207 0.2% -14 -6.3 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 10,971 7.2% 6,282 5.4% -4,689 -42.7 -1.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 15,021 9.9% 9,297 8.0% -5,724 -38.1 -1.9 5-17.................. 38,014 25.0% 27,649 23.7% -10,365 -27.3 -1.3 18-24.................. 20,131 13.2% 10,971 9.4% -9,160 -45.5 -3.8 25-44.................. 37,317 24.6% 32,575 27.9% -4,742 -12.7 3.4 45-64.................. 29,122 19.2% 22,844 19.6% -6,278 -21.6 0.4 65 AND OVER............ 12,348 8.1% 13,310 11.4% 962 7.8 3.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 53,035 34.9% 36,946 31.7% -16,089 -30.3 -3.2 40 AND OVER............ 48,775 32.1% 43,200 37.0% -5,575 -11.4 4.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.1 31.3 5.2 20.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,437 $19,390 -10,047 -34.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,267 $23,173 -10,094 -30.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,540 $8,994 -1,546 -14.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 30,669 20.4% 33,964 29.4% 3,295 10.7 9.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 49,538 100.0% 40,752 100.0% -8,786 -17.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 37,452 75.6% 29,229 71.7% -8,223 -22.0 -3.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 16,621 33.6% 12,725 31.2% -3,896 -23.4 -2.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 24,213 48.9% 15,864 38.9% -8,349 -34.5 -9.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 13,468 27.2% 7,361 18.1% -6,107 -45.3 -9.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 11,210 22.6% 11,593 28.4% 383 3.4 5.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 7,809 15.8% 7,320 18.0% -489 -6.3 2.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 10,874 22.0% 10,401 25.5% -473 -4.3 3.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.1 2.8 -0.2 -6.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 78,787 100.0% 68,729 100.0% -10,058 -12.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 28,166 35.7% 23,306 33.9% -4,860 -17.3 -1.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,960 7.6% 6,054 8.8% 94 1.6 1.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 61,215 100.0% 47,546 100.0% -13,669 -22.3 FEMALE................ 26,847 43.9% 23,924 50.3% -2,923 -10.9 6.5 EMPLOYED.............. 52,348 85.5% 39,616 83.3% -12,732 -24.3 -2.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 6,713 11.0% 7,121 15.0% 408 6.1 4.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 8,653 14.1% 7,799 16.4% -854 -9.9 2.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 54,365 100.0% 47,082 100.0% -7,283 -13.4 OCCUPIED.............. 49,445 91.0% 40,968 87.0% -8,477 -17.1 -3.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 29,861 60.4% 24,016 58.6% -5,845 -19.6 -1.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $44,916 $35,956 -8,960 -19.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 19,584 39.6% 16,952 41.4% -2,632 -13.4 1.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $324 $335 11 3.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 34,529 63.5% 32,522 69.1% -2,007 -5.8 5.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,169 2.2% 1,141 2.4% -28 -2.4 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.8 1954.0 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