Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Detroit city GEOCODE:26-0680 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 1,203,339 100.0% 1,027,974 100.0% -175365 -14.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 1,019,099 84.7% 865,635 84.2% -153464 -15.1 -0.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 18,224 1.5% 15,381 1.5% -2,843 -15.6 -0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 420,529 34.9% 221,932 21.6% -198597 -47.2 -13.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 758,468 63.0% 778,456 75.7% 19,988 2.6 12.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 7,614 0.6% 8,354 0.8% 740 9.7 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 3,846 0.3% 3,511 0.3% -335 -8.7 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 28,466 2.4% 27,157 2.6% -1,309 -4.6 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 94,825 7.9% 92,882 9.0% -1,943 -2.0 1.2 5-17.................. 270,372 22.5% 209,575 20.4% -60,797 -22.5 -2.1 18-24.................. 154,657 12.9% 113,439 11.0% -41,218 -26.7 -1.8 25-44.................. 308,254 25.6% 315,957 30.7% 7,703 2.5 5.1 45-64.................. 234,970 19.5% 171,355 16.7% -63,615 -27.1 -2.9 65 AND OVER............ 140,261 11.7% 124,766 12.1% -15,495 -11.0 0.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 365,197 30.3% 302,457 29.4% -62,740 -17.2 -0.9 40 AND OVER............ 430,969 35.8% 363,576 35.4% -67,393 -15.6 -0.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.8 30.9 2.1 7.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,880 $18,742 -5,138 -21.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,092 $22,566 -6,526 -22.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,615 $9,443 -1,172 -11.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 258,575 21.9% 328,467 32.4% 69,892 27.0 10.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 433,993 100.0% 373,857 100.0% -60,136 -13.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 291,291 67.1% 247,480 66.2% -43,811 -15.0 -0.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 122,016 28.1% 98,880 26.4% -23,136 -19.0 -1.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 177,823 41.0% 114,037 30.5% -63,786 -35.9 -10.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 84,207 19.4% 50,781 13.6% -33,426 -39.7 -5.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 96,202 22.2% 113,553 30.4% 17,351 18.0 8.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 64,759 14.9% 72,618 19.4% 7,859 12.1 4.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 125,001 28.8% 110,362 29.5% -14,639 -11.7 0.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.7 -0.0 -0.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 683,485 100.0% 612,078 100.0% -71,407 -10.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 215,574 31.5% 169,564 27.7% -46,010 -21.3 -3.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 56,904 8.3% 58,825 9.6% 1,921 3.4 1.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 484,203 100.0% 417,795 100.0% -66,408 -13.7 FEMALE................ 217,480 44.9% 206,866 49.5% -10,614 -4.9 4.6 EMPLOYED.............. 394,707 81.5% 335,462 80.3% -59,245 -15.0 -1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 65,392 13.5% 62,874 15.0% -2,518 -3.9 1.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 73,842 15.3% 67,221 16.1% -6,621 -9.0 0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 471,228 100.0% 410,027 100.0% -61,201 -13.0 OCCUPIED.............. 433,488 92.0% 374,057 91.2% -59,431 -13.7 -0.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 250,864 57.9% 197,977 52.9% -52,887 -21.1 -4.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $36,898 $28,805 -8,094 -21.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 182,624 42.1% 176,080 47.1% -6,544 -3.6 4.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $343 $372 29 8.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 281,524 59.7% 270,279 65.9% -11,245 -4.0 6.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 685 0.1% 595 0.1% -90 -13.1 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1941.3 1945.0 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