Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: South Portland city GEOCODE:23-4230 ME ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 22,712 100.0% 23,163 100.0% 451 2.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 19,429 85.5% 18,408 79.5% -1,021 -5.3 -6.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 840 3.7% 697 3.0% -143 -17.0 -0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 22,495 99.0% 22,845 98.6% 350 1.6 -0.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 52 0.2% 60 0.3% 8 15.4 0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 129 0.6% 216 0.9% 87 67.4 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 26 0.1% 32 0.1% 6 23.1 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 118 0.5% 206 0.9% 88 74.6 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,313 5.8% 1,502 6.5% 189 14.4 0.7 5-17.................. 4,657 20.5% 3,782 16.3% -875 -18.8 -4.2 18-24.................. 2,814 12.4% 2,343 10.1% -471 -16.7 -2.3 25-44.................. 5,789 25.5% 7,917 34.2% 2,128 36.8 8.7 45-64.................. 4,962 21.8% 4,028 17.4% -934 -18.8 -4.5 65 AND OVER............ 3,177 14.0% 3,591 15.5% 414 13.0 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,970 26.3% 5,284 22.8% -686 -11.5 -3.5 40 AND OVER............ 9,288 40.9% 9,279 40.1% -9 -0.1 -0.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.1 34.1 2.0 6.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,335 $31,877 4,542 16.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,253 $37,531 6,278 20.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,900 $14,885 3,985 36.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,947 8.8% 1,608 7.2% -339 -17.4 -1.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,163 100.0% 9,344 100.0% 1,181 14.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,139 75.2% 6,190 66.2% 51 0.8 -9.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,602 44.1% 4,034 43.2% 432 12.0 -1.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,120 62.7% 4,786 51.2% -334 -6.5 -11.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,476 30.3% 2,179 23.3% -297 -12.0 -7.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 890 10.9% 1,125 12.0% 235 26.4 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 425 5.2% 601 6.4% 176 41.4 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,682 20.6% 2,406 25.7% 724 43.0 5.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.4 -0.3 -10.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 13,928 100.0% 15,536 100.0% 1,608 11.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,982 42.9% 5,680 36.6% -302 -5.0 -6.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,864 13.4% 3,331 21.4% 1,467 78.7 8.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,739 100.0% 12,738 100.0% 1,999 18.6 FEMALE................ 4,916 45.8% 6,298 49.4% 1,382 28.1 3.7 EMPLOYED.............. 10,126 94.3% 12,196 95.7% 2,070 20.4 1.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,883 17.5% 3,192 25.1% 1,309 69.5 7.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,464 13.6% 1,736 13.6% 272 18.6 -0.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,418 100.0% 9,713 100.0% 1,295 15.4 OCCUPIED.............. 8,153 96.9% 9,288 95.6% 1,135 13.9 -1.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,567 68.3% 5,811 62.6% 244 4.4 -5.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $65,497 $113,557 48,060 73.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,586 31.7% 3,477 37.4% 891 34.5 5.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $423 $531 108 25.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,493 65.3% 5,946 61.2% 453 8.2 -4.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 97 1.2% 103 1.1% 6 6.2 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1942.8 1949.0 6.2 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