Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Worcester city GEOCODE:25-5030 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 161,799 100.0% 169,759 100.0% 7,960 4.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 127,127 78.6% 128,527 75.7% 1,400 1.1 -2.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 11,539 7.1% 12,660 7.5% 1,121 9.7 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 152,795 94.4% 148,167 87.3% -4,628 -3.0 -7.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 4,582 2.8% 7,653 4.5% 3,071 67.0 1.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 792 0.5% 4,362 2.6% 3,570 450.8 2.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 521 0.3% 617 0.4% 96 18.4 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 6,468 4.0% 15,868 9.3% 9,400 145.3 5.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 9,576 5.9% 12,271 7.2% 2,695 28.1 1.3 5-17.................. 28,723 17.8% 25,593 15.1% -3,130 -10.9 -2.7 18-24.................. 27,511 17.0% 25,095 14.8% -2,416 -8.8 -2.2 25-44.................. 36,360 22.5% 52,339 30.8% 15,979 43.9 8.4 45-64.................. 33,304 20.6% 27,253 16.1% -6,051 -18.2 -4.5 65 AND OVER............ 26,325 16.3% 27,208 16.0% 883 3.4 -0.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 38,299 23.7% 37,864 22.3% -435 -1.1 -1.4 40 AND OVER............ 66,502 41.1% 63,670 37.5% -2,832 -4.3 -3.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.2 31.8 0.7 2.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,110 $28,955 4,845 20.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,949 $36,261 5,312 17.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,005 $13,393 2,388 21.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 21,818 14.4% 24,228 15.3% 2,410 11.0 0.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 58,830 100.0% 63,588 100.0% 4,758 8.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 39,402 67.0% 40,433 63.6% 1,031 2.6 -3.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 20,500 34.8% 22,737 35.8% 2,237 10.9 0.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 29,411 50.0% 28,582 44.9% -829 -2.8 -5.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 12,988 22.1% 12,013 18.9% -975 -7.5 -3.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 8,402 14.3% 9,794 15.4% 1,392 16.6 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 4,860 8.3% 5,943 9.3% 1,083 22.3 1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 16,721 28.4% 18,983 29.9% 2,262 13.5 1.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 95,989 100.0% 106,800 100.0% 10,811 11.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 31,472 32.8% 31,414 29.4% -58 -0.2 -3.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 14,208 14.8% 22,484 21.1% 8,276 58.2 6.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 75,224 100.0% 82,684 100.0% 7,460 9.9 FEMALE................ 34,157 45.4% 38,371 46.4% 4,214 12.3 1.0 EMPLOYED.............. 70,998 94.4% 75,836 91.7% 4,838 6.8 -2.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 15,697 20.9% 20,234 24.5% 4,537 28.9 3.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 11,776 15.7% 12,171 14.7% 395 3.4 -0.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 61,618 100.0% 69,336 100.0% 7,718 12.5 OCCUPIED.............. 58,720 95.3% 63,884 92.1% 5,164 8.8 -3.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 25,555 43.5% 27,656 43.3% 2,101 8.2 -0.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $61,956 $139,370 77,414 125.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 33,165 56.5% 36,228 56.7% 3,063 9.2 0.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $346 $527 181 52.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 20,732 33.6% 23,599 34.0% 2,867 13.8 0.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 110 0.2% 281 0.4% 171 155.5 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1935.3 1941.0 5.7 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