Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Gaithersburg city GEOCODE:24-0385 MD ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 26,424 100.0% 39,542 100.0% 13,118 49.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 21,428 81.1% 31,878 80.6% 10,450 48.8 -0.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 260 1.0% 473 1.2% 213 81.9 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 23,284 88.1% 28,492 72.1% 5,208 22.4 -16.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,776 6.7% 5,129 13.0% 3,353 188.8 6.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,136 4.3% 4,033 10.2% 2,897 255.0 5.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 102 0.4% 161 0.4% 59 57.8 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 796 3.0% 3,554 9.0% 2,758 346.5 6.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,324 8.8% 3,594 9.1% 1,270 54.6 0.3 5-17.................. 4,999 18.9% 6,102 15.4% 1,103 22.1 -3.5 18-24.................. 4,311 16.3% 4,217 10.7% -94 -2.2 -5.7 25-44.................. 10,749 40.7% 17,125 43.3% 6,376 59.3 2.6 45-64.................. 2,937 11.1% 5,933 15.0% 2,996 102.0 3.9 65 AND OVER............ 1,104 4.2% 2,571 6.5% 1,467 132.9 2.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,323 27.7% 9,696 24.5% 2,373 32.4 -3.2 40 AND OVER............ 5,791 21.9% 11,354 28.7% 5,563 96.1 6.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.0 30.6 3.6 13.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $36,070 $43,644 7,574 21.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $40,131 $49,454 9,323 23.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $15,849 $18,845 2,996 18.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,656 6.4% 2,329 6.0% 673 40.6 -0.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,290 100.0% 15,155 100.0% 4,865 47.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,813 66.2% 9,777 64.5% 2,964 43.5 -1.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,652 45.2% 6,892 45.5% 2,240 48.2 0.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,320 51.7% 7,438 49.1% 2,118 39.8 -2.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,146 30.6% 4,099 27.0% 953 30.3 -3.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,172 11.4% 1,744 11.5% 572 48.8 0.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 824 8.0% 1,056 7.0% 232 28.2 -1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,467 24.0% 3,937 26.0% 1,470 59.6 2.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.6 0.0 1.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 14,790 100.0% 25,629 100.0% 10,839 73.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,559 30.8% 5,105 19.9% 546 12.0 -10.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,701 31.8% 10,150 39.6% 5,449 115.9 7.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 15,607 100.0% 24,453 100.0% 8,846 56.7 FEMALE................ 7,135 45.7% 11,592 47.4% 4,457 62.5 1.7 EMPLOYED.............. 15,290 98.0% 23,627 96.6% 8,337 54.5 -1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,929 31.6% 8,701 35.6% 3,772 76.5 4.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,488 9.5% 2,730 11.2% 1,242 83.5 1.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 10,830 100.0% 16,059 100.0% 5,229 48.3 OCCUPIED.............. 10,256 94.7% 15,202 94.7% 4,946 48.2 -0.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,875 37.8% 7,544 49.6% 3,669 94.7 11.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $138,740 $163,001 24,261 17.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,381 62.2% 7,658 50.4% 1,277 20.0 -11.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $519 $678 159 30.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,745 34.6% 7,657 47.7% 3,912 104.5 13.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 11 0.1% 11 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1971.3 1976.0 4.7 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