Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Ferndale city GEOCODE:26-0895 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 26,227 100.0% 25,084 100.0% -1,143 -4.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 22,481 85.7% 20,502 81.7% -1,979 -8.8 -4.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 127 0.5% 71 0.3% -56 -44.1 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 25,815 98.4% 24,045 95.9% -1,770 -6.9 -2.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 124 0.5% 331 1.3% 207 166.9 0.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 88 0.3% 347 1.4% 259 294.3 1.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 75 0.3% 272 1.1% 197 262.7 0.8 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 222 0.8% 332 1.3% 110 49.5 0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,956 7.5% 2,102 8.4% 146 7.5 0.9 5-17.................. 5,036 19.2% 4,492 17.9% -544 -10.8 -1.3 18-24.................. 3,624 13.8% 2,290 9.1% -1,334 -36.8 -4.7 25-44.................. 7,308 27.9% 9,388 37.4% 2,080 28.5 9.6 45-64.................. 4,898 18.7% 3,773 15.0% -1,125 -23.0 -3.6 65 AND OVER............ 3,405 13.0% 3,039 12.1% -366 -10.7 -0.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,992 26.7% 6,594 26.3% -398 -5.7 -0.4 40 AND OVER............ 9,538 36.4% 8,431 33.6% -1,107 -11.6 -2.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.5 31.6 2.1 7.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $30,047 $28,964 -1,083 -3.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,022 $33,934 -88 -0.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,733 $12,704 -29 -0.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,250 8.6% 2,649 10.7% 399 17.7 2.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,949 100.0% 9,899 100.0% -50 -0.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,990 70.3% 6,341 64.1% -649 -9.3 -6.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,603 36.2% 3,778 38.2% 175 4.9 2.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,461 54.9% 4,676 47.2% -785 -14.4 -7.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,575 25.9% 2,257 22.8% -318 -12.3 -3.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,268 12.7% 1,252 12.6% -16 -1.3 -0.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 684 6.9% 680 6.9% -4 -0.6 -0.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,426 24.4% 2,820 28.5% 394 16.2 4.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 15,611 100.0% 16,200 100.0% 589 3.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,132 39.3% 5,400 33.3% -732 -11.9 -5.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,639 10.5% 2,105 13.0% 466 28.4 2.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 12,413 100.0% 13,145 100.0% 732 5.9 FEMALE................ 5,258 42.4% 5,723 43.5% 465 8.8 1.2 EMPLOYED.............. 11,165 89.9% 12,318 93.7% 1,153 10.3 3.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,885 15.2% 2,641 20.1% 756 40.1 4.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,533 12.3% 1,736 13.2% 203 13.2 0.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 10,167 100.0% 10,207 100.0% 40 0.4 OCCUPIED.............. 9,906 97.4% 9,858 96.6% -48 -0.5 -0.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,383 74.5% 6,710 68.1% -673 -9.1 -6.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $46,219 $40,974 -5,246 -11.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,523 25.5% 3,148 31.9% 625 24.8 6.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $446 $467 21 4.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,293 81.6% 8,302 81.3% 9 0.1 -0.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 5 0.0% 0 0.0% -5-100.0 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1942.9 1944.0 1.1 0.1 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