Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Taunton city GEOCODE:25-4220 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 45,001 100.0% 49,832 100.0% 4,831 10.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 38,909 86.5% 42,311 84.9% 3,402 8.7 -1.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,517 3.4% 899 1.8% -618 -40.7 -1.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 43,607 96.9% 47,520 95.4% 3,913 9.0 -1.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 498 1.1% 1,073 2.2% 575 115.5 1.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 114 0.3% 371 0.7% 257 225.4 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 15 0.0% 19 0.0% 4 26.7 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,350 3.0% 2,113 4.2% 763 56.5 1.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,050 6.8% 3,728 7.5% 678 22.2 0.7 5-17.................. 9,301 20.7% 8,397 16.9% -904 -9.7 -3.8 18-24.................. 5,594 12.4% 5,089 10.2% -505 -9.0 -2.2 25-44.................. 11,878 26.4% 16,911 33.9% 5,033 42.4 7.5 45-64.................. 9,316 20.7% 8,652 17.4% -664 -7.1 -3.3 65 AND OVER............ 5,862 13.0% 7,055 14.2% 1,193 20.4 1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 12,351 27.4% 12,125 24.3% -226 -1.8 -3.1 40 AND OVER............ 17,590 39.1% 19,072 38.3% 1,483 8.4 -0.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.1 32.9 1.8 5.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,817 $32,315 5,498 20.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,897 $38,534 6,637 20.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,523 $13,613 3,090 29.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,572 10.5% 4,060 8.3% -512 -11.2 -2.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 15,682 100.0% 18,649 100.0% 2,967 18.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 11,646 74.3% 13,080 70.1% 1,434 12.3 -4.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,842 43.6% 8,523 45.7% 1,681 24.6 2.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 9,390 59.9% 10,382 55.7% 992 10.6 -4.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,696 29.9% 4,816 25.8% 120 2.6 -4.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,884 12.0% 2,066 11.1% 182 9.7 -0.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,194 7.6% 1,261 6.8% 67 5.6 -0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,664 23.4% 4,659 25.0% 995 27.2 1.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.1 -5.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 27,056 100.0% 32,618 100.0% 5,562 20.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,203 34.0% 11,191 34.3% 1,988 21.6 0.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,154 8.0% 3,941 12.1% 1,787 83.0 4.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 21,704 100.0% 26,900 100.0% 5,196 23.9 FEMALE................ 9,969 45.9% 12,823 47.7% 2,854 28.6 1.7 EMPLOYED.............. 20,450 94.2% 24,527 91.2% 4,077 19.9 -3.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,132 14.4% 5,078 18.9% 1,946 62.1 4.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,213 14.8% 3,625 13.5% 412 12.8 -1.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 16,737 100.0% 20,281 100.0% 3,544 21.2 OCCUPIED.............. 15,795 94.4% 18,849 92.9% 3,054 19.3 -1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,997 57.0% 10,884 57.7% 1,887 21.0 0.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $59,915 $143,187 83,273 139.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,798 43.0% 7,965 42.3% 1,167 17.2 -0.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $363 $523 160 44.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,184 42.9% 8,906 43.9% 1,722 24.0 1.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 346 2.1% 677 3.3% 331 95.7 1.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1936.6 1951.0 14.4 0.7 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