Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Merrillville town GEOCODE:18-1536 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 27,677 100.0% 27,257 100.0% -420 -1.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 25,888 93.5% 24,263 89.0% -1,625 -6.3 -4.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 179 0.6% 359 1.3% 180 100.6 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 702 2.5% 786 2.9% 84 12.0 0.3 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 27,291 98.6% 25,067 92.0% -2,224 -8.1 -6.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 36 0.1% 1,367 5.0% 1,3313697.2 4.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 57 0.2% 134 0.5% 77 135.1 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 6 0.0% 71 0.3% 651083.3 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,343 4.9% 1,867 6.8% 524 39.0 2.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,685 6.1% 1,645 6.0% -40 -2.4 -0.1 5-17.................. 6,138 22.2% 4,674 17.1% -1,464 -23.9 -5.0 18-24.................. 3,224 11.6% 2,436 8.9% -788 -24.4 -2.7 25-44.................. 7,332 26.5% 8,334 30.6% 1,002 13.7 4.1 45-64.................. 6,674 24.1% 5,882 21.6% -792 -11.9 -2.5 65 AND OVER............ 2,624 9.5% 4,286 15.7% 1,662 63.3 6.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,823 28.3% 6,319 23.2% -1,504 -19.2 -5.1 40 AND OVER............ 10,996 39.7% 12,111 44.4% 1,116 10.1 4.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.1 36.5 4.4 13.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $43,597 $36,221 -7,376 -16.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $47,231 $41,423 -5,808 -12.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $15,594 $15,131 -463 -3.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 874 3.2% 955 3.6% 81 9.3 0.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,168 100.0% 10,041 100.0% 873 9.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,707 84.1% 7,697 76.7% -10 -0.1 -7.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,397 48.0% 4,749 47.3% 352 8.0 -0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,766 73.8% 6,522 65.0% -244 -3.6 -8.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,518 38.4% 2,937 29.3% -581 -16.5 -9.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 710 7.7% 934 9.3% 224 31.5 1.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 350 3.8% 357 3.6% 7 2.0 -0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,327 14.5% 2,078 20.7% 751 56.6 6.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.7 -0.3 -10.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 16,630 100.0% 18,502 100.0% 1,872 11.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,651 46.0% 7,492 40.5% -159 -2.1 -5.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,233 13.4% 2,799 15.1% 566 25.3 1.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 13,711 100.0% 13,939 100.0% 228 1.7 FEMALE................ 5,650 41.2% 6,260 44.9% 610 10.8 3.7 EMPLOYED.............. 12,905 94.1% 13,359 95.8% 454 3.5 1.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,693 19.6% 3,027 21.7% 334 12.4 2.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,423 10.4% 1,529 11.0% 106 7.4 0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,292 100.0% 10,322 100.0% 1,030 11.1 OCCUPIED.............. 9,135 98.3% 10,006 96.9% 871 9.5 -1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,312 80.0% 7,365 73.6% 53 0.7 -6.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $88,233 $65,673 -22,561 -25.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,823 20.0% 2,641 26.4% 818 44.9 6.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $466 $530 64 13.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,476 80.5% 7,883 76.4% 407 5.4 -4.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 31 0.3% 54 0.5% 23 74.2 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.5 1967.0 2.5 0.1 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