Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Chicopee city GEOCODE:25-0760 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 55,112 100.0% 56,632 100.0% 1,520 2.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 48,643 88.3% 46,939 82.9% -1,704 -3.5 -5.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 732 1.3% 1,326 2.3% 594 81.1 1.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 54,308 98.5% 54,133 95.6% -175 -0.3 -3.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 371 0.7% 1,077 1.9% 706 190.3 1.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 212 0.4% 299 0.5% 87 41.0 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 69 0.1% 51 0.1% -18 -26.1 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 555 1.0% 2,025 3.6% 1,470 264.9 2.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,329 6.0% 3,540 6.3% 211 6.3 0.2 5-17.................. 10,519 19.1% 8,774 15.5% -1,745 -16.6 -3.6 18-24.................. 6,879 12.5% 6,182 10.9% -697 -10.1 -1.6 25-44.................. 13,395 24.3% 17,209 30.4% 3,814 28.5 6.1 45-64.................. 13,459 24.4% 11,192 19.8% -2,267 -16.8 -4.7 65 AND OVER............ 7,531 13.7% 9,735 17.2% 2,204 29.3 3.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 13,848 25.1% 12,314 21.7% -1,534 -11.1 -3.4 40 AND OVER............ 23,645 42.9% 24,371 43.0% 726 3.1 0.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.3 35.2 1.9 5.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,392 $28,905 2,513 9.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,283 $35,560 3,277 10.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,894 $13,525 2,631 24.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,781 8.8% 5,455 9.8% 674 14.1 1.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 20,353 100.0% 22,536 100.0% 2,183 10.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 15,084 74.1% 15,270 67.8% 186 1.2 -6.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,861 43.5% 8,821 39.1% -40 -0.5 -4.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 12,280 60.3% 11,520 51.1% -760 -6.2 -9.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,515 27.1% 4,667 20.7% -848 -15.4 -6.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,300 11.3% 3,020 13.4% 720 31.3 2.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,245 6.1% 1,702 7.6% 457 36.7 1.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,888 24.0% 6,363 28.2% 1,475 30.2 4.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -8.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 34,385 100.0% 38,136 100.0% 3,751 10.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 12,662 36.8% 13,344 35.0% 682 5.4 -1.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,794 8.1% 3,985 10.4% 1,191 42.6 2.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 27,461 100.0% 29,147 100.0% 1,686 6.1 FEMALE................ 12,500 45.5% 13,698 47.0% 1,198 9.6 1.5 EMPLOYED.............. 25,896 94.3% 27,373 93.9% 1,477 5.7 -0.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,626 13.2% 5,087 17.5% 1,461 40.3 4.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,636 13.2% 3,795 13.0% 159 4.4 -0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 21,075 100.0% 23,690 100.0% 2,615 12.4 OCCUPIED.............. 20,480 97.2% 22,625 95.5% 2,145 10.5 -1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 11,801 57.6% 13,190 58.3% 1,389 11.8 0.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $57,498 $118,506 61,008 106.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 8,679 42.4% 9,435 41.7% 756 8.7 -0.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $335 $452 117 35.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,819 51.3% 11,688 49.3% 869 8.0 -2.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 318 1.5% 536 2.3% 218 68.6 0.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1949.3 1953.0 3.7 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