Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Brockton city GEOCODE:25-0540 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 95,172 100.0% 92,788 100.0% -2,384 -2.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 82,177 86.3% 78,974 85.1% -3,203 -3.9 -1.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,281 2.4% 2,308 2.5% 27 1.2 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 88,218 92.7% 74,607 80.4% -13,611 -15.4 -12.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 4,672 4.9% 12,056 13.0% 7,384 158.0 8.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 560 0.6% 1,416 1.5% 856 152.9 0.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 310 0.3% 253 0.3% -57 -18.4 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,959 2.1% 5,098 5.5% 3,139 160.2 3.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 6,889 7.2% 7,759 8.4% 870 12.6 1.1 5-17.................. 21,783 22.9% 16,627 17.9% -5,156 -23.7 -5.0 18-24.................. 11,837 12.4% 10,260 11.1% -1,577 -13.3 -1.4 25-44.................. 25,691 27.0% 30,279 32.6% 4,588 17.9 5.6 45-64.................. 17,707 18.6% 16,391 17.7% -1,316 -7.4 -0.9 65 AND OVER............ 11,265 11.8% 11,472 12.4% 207 1.8 0.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 28,672 30.1% 24,386 26.3% -4,286 -14.9 -3.8 40 AND OVER............ 34,121 35.9% 34,140 36.8% 20 0.1 0.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.4 31.7 2.3 7.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,148 $31,712 5,564 21.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,779 $38,544 6,765 21.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,473 $13,455 2,982 28.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 11,703 12.6% 12,396 13.6% 693 5.9 1.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 33,051 100.0% 32,714 100.0% -337 -1.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 23,766 71.9% 23,294 71.2% -472 -2.0 -0.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 12,819 38.8% 14,257 43.6% 1,438 11.2 4.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 18,227 55.1% 16,350 50.0% -1,877 -10.3 -5.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 10,250 31.0% 8,088 24.7% -2,162 -21.1 -6.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 4,748 14.4% 5,697 17.4% 949 20.0 3.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 3,163 9.6% 3,510 10.7% 347 11.0 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 8,136 24.6% 7,831 23.9% -305 -3.7 -0.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.8 -0.0 -1.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 54,663 100.0% 58,142 100.0% 3,479 6.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 23,665 43.3% 21,426 36.9% -2,239 -9.5 -6.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,379 9.8% 7,521 12.9% 2,142 39.8 3.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 43,951 100.0% 47,294 100.0% 3,343 7.6 FEMALE................ 19,471 44.3% 22,332 47.2% 2,861 14.7 2.9 EMPLOYED.............. 40,787 92.8% 42,921 90.8% 2,134 5.2 -2.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 7,444 16.9% 8,601 18.2% 1,157 15.5 1.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 6,018 13.7% 6,648 14.1% 630 10.5 0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 34,699 100.0% 35,376 100.0% 677 2.0 OCCUPIED.............. 32,955 95.0% 32,850 92.9% -105 -0.3 -2.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 17,330 52.6% 17,516 53.3% 186 1.1 0.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $63,387 $135,087 71,699 113.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 15,625 47.4% 15,334 46.7% -291 -1.9 -0.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $385 $571 186 48.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 16,198 46.7% 16,134 45.6% -64 -0.4 -1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 46 0.1% 14 0.0% -32 -69.6 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1945.8 1954.0 8.2 0.4 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