Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Potomac CDP GEOCODE:24-0792 MD ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 40,402 100.0% 45,634 100.0% 5,232 12.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 38,720 95.8% 42,821 93.8% 4,101 10.6 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 64 0.2% 106 0.2% 42 65.6 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 36,811 91.1% 38,602 84.6% 1,791 4.9 -6.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,267 3.1% 1,672 3.7% 405 32.0 0.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 2,005 5.0% 5,063 11.1% 3,058 152.5 6.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 36 0.1% 73 0.2% 37 102.8 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,997 4.9% 2,386 5.2% 389 19.5 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,749 4.3% 2,416 5.3% 667 38.1 1.0 5-17.................. 12,124 30.0% 9,022 19.8% -3,102 -25.6 -10.2 18-24.................. 3,218 8.0% 3,790 8.3% 572 17.8 0.3 25-44.................. 10,974 27.2% 12,126 26.6% 1,152 10.5 -0.6 45-64.................. 10,669 26.4% 14,415 31.6% 3,746 35.1 5.2 65 AND OVER............ 1,668 4.1% 3,865 8.5% 2,197 131.7 4.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 13,873 34.3% 11,438 25.1% -2,435 -17.6 -9.3 40 AND OVER............ 16,057 39.7% 22,957 50.3% 6,901 43.0 10.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 34.0 40.1 6.1 18.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $86,104 $99,371 13,267 15.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $89,047 $106,497 17,450 19.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $29,376 $44,829 15,453 52.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 893 2.2% 1,219 2.7% 326 36.5 0.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 11,796 100.0% 15,172 100.0% 3,376 28.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,526 89.2% 12,996 85.7% 2,470 23.5 -3.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,672 56.6% 9,048 59.6% 2,376 35.6 3.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 9,605 81.4% 11,696 77.1% 2,091 21.8 -4.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 6,047 51.3% 5,506 36.3% -541 -8.9 -15.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 691 5.9% 1,019 6.7% 328 47.5 0.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 460 3.9% 511 3.4% 51 11.1 -0.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,069 9.1% 1,783 11.8% 714 66.8 2.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.4 3.0 -0.4 -12.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 23,311 100.0% 30,406 100.0% 7,095 30.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,669 15.7% 2,682 8.8% -987 -26.9 -6.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 14,227 61.0% 21,355 70.2% 7,128 50.1 9.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 19,463 100.0% 25,128 100.0% 5,665 29.1 FEMALE................ 7,958 40.9% 11,376 45.3% 3,418 43.0 4.4 EMPLOYED.............. 18,931 97.3% 24,701 98.3% 5,770 30.5 1.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 11,259 57.8% 15,643 62.3% 4,384 38.9 4.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,247 6.4% 1,473 5.9% 226 18.1 -0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 12,387 100.0% 15,630 100.0% 3,243 26.2 OCCUPIED.............. 11,878 95.9% 15,150 96.9% 3,272 27.5 1.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 10,595 89.2% 13,525 89.3% 2,930 27.7 0.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $276,770 $437,018 160,248 57.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,283 10.8% 1,625 10.7% 342 26.7 -0.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $795 $1,001 206 26.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,692 86.3% 14,213 90.9% 3,521 32.9 4.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 4 0.0% 10 0.1% 6 150.0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1969.0 1973.0 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