Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Wichita city GEOCODE:20-3040 KS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 279,272 100.0% 304,011 100.0% 24,739 8.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 232,982 83.4% 249,016 81.9% 16,034 6.9 -1.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,525 1.6% 4,581 1.5% 56 1.2 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 236,549 84.7% 250,552 82.4% 14,003 5.9 -2.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 30,263 10.8% 34,161 11.2% 3,898 12.9 0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 4,525 1.6% 7,612 2.5% 3,087 68.2 0.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 2,942 1.1% 3,724 1.2% 782 26.6 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 9,455 3.4% 14,314 4.7% 4,859 51.4 1.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 22,467 8.0% 26,095 8.6% 3,628 16.1 0.5 5-17.................. 51,298 18.4% 54,685 18.0% 3,387 6.6 -0.4 18-24.................. 42,347 15.2% 30,993 10.2% -11,354 -26.8 -5.0 25-44.................. 78,407 28.1% 103,786 34.1% 25,379 32.4 6.1 45-64.................. 55,076 19.7% 50,681 16.7% -4,395 -8.0 -3.1 65 AND OVER............ 29,677 10.6% 37,771 12.4% 8,094 27.3 1.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 73,765 26.4% 80,780 26.6% 7,015 9.5 0.2 40 AND OVER............ 98,357 35.2% 109,232 35.9% 10,875 11.1 0.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.0 31.8 2.8 9.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,402 $28,024 -1,378 -4.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,685 $34,610 -1,075 -3.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,930 $14,516 586 4.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 27,984 10.2% 37,321 12.5% 9,337 33.4 2.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 110,447 100.0% 123,682 100.0% 13,235 12.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 74,912 67.8% 80,879 65.4% 5,967 8.0 -2.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 44,540 40.3% 48,805 39.5% 4,265 9.6 -0.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 61,848 56.0% 63,743 51.5% 1,895 3.1 -4.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 28,626 25.9% 30,111 24.3% 1,485 5.2 -1.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 10,879 9.8% 13,627 11.0% 2,748 25.3 1.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 6,941 6.3% 8,741 7.1% 1,800 25.9 0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 30,406 27.5% 36,616 29.6% 6,210 20.4 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -2.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 163,160 100.0% 192,238 100.0% 29,078 17.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 61,208 37.5% 59,405 30.9% -1,803 -2.9 -6.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 31,055 19.0% 43,688 22.7% 12,633 40.7 3.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 145,283 100.0% 159,091 100.0% 13,808 9.5 FEMALE................ 63,244 43.5% 72,937 45.8% 9,693 15.3 2.3 EMPLOYED.............. 139,460 96.0% 149,768 94.1% 10,308 7.4 -1.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 32,118 22.1% 41,473 26.1% 9,355 29.1 4.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 15,966 11.0% 17,933 11.3% 1,967 12.3 0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 116,620 100.0% 135,069 100.0% 18,449 15.8 OCCUPIED.............. 110,306 94.6% 123,249 91.2% 12,943 11.7 -3.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 65,866 59.7% 72,630 58.9% 6,764 10.3 -0.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $74,103 $65,939 -8,164 -11.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 44,440 40.3% 50,619 41.1% 6,179 13.9 0.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $387 $395 8 2.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 80,149 68.7% 88,072 65.2% 7,923 9.9 -3.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 3,440 2.9% 5,299 3.9% 1,859 54.0 1.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.0 1958.0 4.0 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