Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Boston city GEOCODE:25-0440 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 562,994 100.0% 574,283 100.0% 11,289 2.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 393,890 70.0% 388,093 67.6% -5,797 -1.5 -2.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 39,141 7.0% 33,003 5.7% -6,138 -15.7 -1.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 396,635 70.5% 361,513 63.0% -35,122 -8.9 -7.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 126,438 22.5% 146,695 25.5% 20,257 16.0 3.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 16,298 2.9% 30,457 5.3% 14,159 86.9 2.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,455 0.3% 1,865 0.3% 410 28.2 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 36,430 6.5% 59,692 10.4% 23,262 63.9 3.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 29,982 5.3% 35,772 6.2% 5,790 19.3 0.9 5-17.................. 91,655 16.3% 73,684 12.8% -17,971 -19.6 -3.4 18-24.................. 110,707 19.7% 99,119 17.3% -11,588 -10.5 -2.4 25-44.................. 160,671 28.5% 211,450 36.8% 50,779 31.6 8.3 45-64.................. 98,914 17.6% 88,102 15.3% -10,812 -10.9 -2.2 65 AND OVER............ 71,065 12.6% 66,156 11.5% -4,909 -6.9 -1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 121,637 21.6% 109,456 19.1% -12,181 -10.0 -2.5 40 AND OVER............ 196,310 34.9% 189,221 32.9% -7,089 -3.6 -1.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.9 30.4 1.5 5.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,401 $29,180 7,779 36.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,434 $34,377 6,943 25.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,196 $15,581 4,385 39.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 106,770 20.2% 102,092 18.7% -4,678 -4.4 -1.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 219,024 100.0% 227,958 100.0% 8,934 4.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 117,832 53.8% 117,656 51.6% -176 -0.1 -2.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 57,957 26.5% 64,892 28.5% 6,935 12.0 2.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 75,919 34.7% 71,088 31.2% -4,831 -6.4 -3.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 34,116 15.6% 30,065 13.2% -4,051 -11.9 -2.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 35,018 16.0% 37,788 16.6% 2,770 7.9 0.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 20,759 9.5% 20,931 9.2% 172 0.8 -0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 80,181 36.6% 80,308 35.2% 127 0.2 -1.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.4 -0.0 -0.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 330,650 100.0% 365,708 100.0% 35,058 10.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 115,787 35.0% 97,233 26.6% -18,554 -16.0 -8.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 67,073 20.3% 109,711 30.0% 42,638 63.6 9.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 272,794 100.0% 314,997 100.0% 42,203 15.5 FEMALE................ 129,975 47.6% 153,226 48.6% 23,251 17.9 1.0 EMPLOYED.............. 256,047 93.9% 288,704 91.7% 32,657 12.8 -2.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 66,660 24.4% 94,437 30.0% 27,777 41.7 5.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 47,109 17.3% 49,955 15.9% 2,846 6.0 -1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 241,343 100.0% 250,863 100.0% 9,520 3.9 OCCUPIED.............. 218,457 90.5% 228,464 91.1% 10,007 4.6 0.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 59,489 27.2% 70,544 30.9% 11,055 18.6 3.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $63,908 $172,960 109,053 170.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 158,968 72.8% 157,920 69.1% -1,048 -0.7 -3.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $398 $625 227 57.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 37,746 15.6% 39,124 15.6% 1,378 3.7 -0.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 257 0.1% 235 0.1% -22 -8.6 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1934.6 1939.0 4.4 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