Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fitchburg city GEOCODE:25-1280 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 39,580 100.0% 41,194 100.0% 1,614 4.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 32,361 81.8% 32,783 79.6% 422 1.3 -2.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,823 4.6% 2,225 5.4% 402 22.1 0.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 38,398 97.0% 36,935 89.7% -1,463 -3.8 -7.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 688 1.7% 1,432 3.5% 744 108.1 1.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 147 0.4% 968 2.3% 821 558.5 2.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 46 0.1% 87 0.2% 41 89.1 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 934 2.4% 3,946 9.6% 3,012 322.5 7.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,569 6.5% 3,297 8.0% 728 28.3 1.5 5-17.................. 7,413 18.7% 6,605 16.0% -808 -10.9 -2.7 18-24.................. 6,775 17.1% 5,884 14.3% -891 -13.2 -2.8 25-44.................. 8,886 22.5% 12,509 30.4% 3,623 40.8 7.9 45-64.................. 8,238 20.8% 6,519 15.8% -1,719 -20.9 -5.0 65 AND OVER............ 5,699 14.4% 6,380 15.5% 681 11.9 1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,982 25.2% 9,902 24.0% -80 -0.8 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 15,675 39.6% 15,049 36.5% -626 -4.0 -3.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.2 31.2 0.9 3.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,149 $27,101 2,952 12.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,614 $33,357 2,743 9.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,374 $12,140 1,766 17.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,866 12.9% 5,461 14.0% 595 12.2 1.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 14,274 100.0% 15,268 100.0% 994 7.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 9,891 69.3% 10,214 66.9% 323 3.3 -2.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,435 38.1% 5,527 36.2% 92 1.7 -1.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,927 55.5% 7,517 49.2% -410 -5.2 -6.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,781 26.5% 3,365 22.0% -416 -11.0 -4.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,609 11.3% 2,197 14.4% 588 36.5 3.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 886 6.2% 1,360 8.9% 474 53.5 2.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,742 26.2% 4,197 27.5% 455 12.2 1.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.6 -0.1 -3.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 22,823 100.0% 25,408 100.0% 2,585 11.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 8,596 37.7% 8,902 35.0% 306 3.6 -2.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,224 9.7% 3,335 13.1% 1,111 50.0 3.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 18,709 100.0% 19,787 100.0% 1,078 5.8 FEMALE................ 8,567 45.8% 9,141 46.2% 574 6.7 0.4 EMPLOYED.............. 17,544 93.8% 17,948 90.7% 404 2.3 -3.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,886 15.4% 3,985 20.1% 1,099 38.1 4.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,495 13.3% 2,897 14.6% 402 16.1 1.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 15,338 100.0% 16,665 100.0% 1,327 8.7 OCCUPIED.............. 14,323 93.4% 15,363 92.2% 1,040 7.3 -1.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,244 50.6% 7,415 48.3% 171 2.4 -2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $58,351 $127,838 69,487 119.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 7,079 49.4% 7,948 51.7% 869 12.3 2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $341 $521 180 52.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,828 38.0% 5,897 35.4% 69 1.2 -2.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 81 0.5% 126 0.8% 45 55.6 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1933.8 1939.0 5.2 0.3 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