Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Ecorse city GEOCODE:26-0790 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,447 100.0% 12,180 100.0% -2,267 -15.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,581 87.1% 10,364 85.1% -2,217 -17.6 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 21 0.1% 39 0.3% 18 85.7 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 8,324 57.6% 6,918 56.8% -1,406 -16.9 -0.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 5,676 39.3% 4,665 38.3% -1,011 -17.8 -1.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 43 0.3% 86 0.7% 43 100.0 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 113 0.8% 182 1.5% 69 61.1 0.7 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 927 6.4% 835 6.9% -92 -9.9 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,175 8.1% 1,078 8.9% -97 -8.3 0.7 5-17.................. 3,106 21.5% 2,346 19.3% -760 -24.5 -2.2 18-24.................. 2,160 15.0% 1,386 11.4% -774 -35.8 -3.6 25-44.................. 3,547 24.6% 3,720 30.5% 173 4.9 6.0 45-64.................. 3,059 21.2% 2,181 17.9% -878 -28.7 -3.3 65 AND OVER............ 1,400 9.7% 1,469 12.1% 69 4.9 2.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,281 29.6% 3,424 28.1% -857 -20.0 -1.5 40 AND OVER............ 5,154 35.7% 4,386 36.0% -768 -14.9 0.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.3 31.5 3.3 11.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $28,875 $18,956 -9,919 -34.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,544 $22,283 -12,261 -35.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,659 $9,781 -1,878 -16.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,911 13.3% 3,245 26.9% 1,334 69.8 13.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,049 100.0% 4,603 100.0% -446 -8.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,538 70.1% 3,103 67.4% -435 -12.3 -2.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,487 29.5% 1,244 27.0% -243 -16.3 -2.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,448 48.5% 1,732 37.6% -716 -29.2 -10.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,221 24.2% 765 16.6% -456 -37.3 -7.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 891 17.6% 1,165 25.3% 274 30.8 7.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 591 11.7% 664 14.4% 73 12.4 2.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,296 25.7% 1,315 28.6% 19 1.5 2.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.6 -0.2 -7.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,006 100.0% 7,370 100.0% -636 -7.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,877 35.9% 2,630 35.7% -247 -8.6 -0.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 218 2.7% 241 3.3% 23 10.6 0.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,861 100.0% 4,890 100.0% -971 -16.6 FEMALE................ 2,304 39.3% 2,098 42.9% -206 -8.9 3.6 EMPLOYED.............. 4,700 80.2% 4,121 84.3% -579 -12.3 4.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 476 8.1% 418 8.5% -58 -12.2 0.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 851 14.5% 858 17.5% 7 0.8 3.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,394 100.0% 4,999 100.0% -395 -7.3 OCCUPIED.............. 5,076 94.1% 4,570 91.4% -506 -10.0 -2.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,151 62.1% 2,667 58.4% -484 -15.4 -3.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $38,523 $28,732 -9,792 -25.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,925 37.9% 1,903 41.6% -22 -1.1 3.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $343 $358 15 4.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,664 67.9% 3,662 73.3% -2 -0.1 5.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 151 2.8% 212 4.2% 61 40.4 1.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1944.0 1949.0 5.0 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