Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Highland Park city GEOCODE:26-1225 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 27,909 100.0% 20,121 100.0% -7,788 -27.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 22,424 80.3% 15,704 78.0% -6,720 -30.0 -2.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 721 2.6% 484 2.4% -237 -32.9 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 4,245 15.2% 1,309 6.5% -2,936 -69.2 -8.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 23,407 83.9% 18,700 92.9% -4,707 -20.1 9.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 157 0.6% 54 0.3% -103 -65.6 -0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 52 0.2% 22 0.1% -30 -57.7 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 225 0.8% 47 0.2% -178 -79.1 -0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,157 7.7% 1,744 8.7% -413 -19.1 0.9 5-17.................. 6,339 22.7% 4,053 20.1% -2,286 -36.1 -2.6 18-24.................. 4,160 14.9% 2,139 10.6% -2,021 -48.6 -4.3 25-44.................. 6,969 25.0% 5,795 28.8% -1,174 -16.8 3.8 45-64.................. 5,202 18.6% 3,549 17.6% -1,653 -31.8 -1.0 65 AND OVER............ 3,082 11.0% 2,841 14.1% -241 -7.8 3.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,496 30.4% 5,797 28.8% -2,699 -31.8 -1.6 40 AND OVER............ 9,509 34.1% 7,505 37.3% -2,004 -21.1 3.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.5 32.1 4.6 16.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $17,589 $9,805 -7,784 -44.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $22,511 $16,495 -6,016 -26.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,384 $7,241 -2,143 -22.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,392 30.7% 8,352 42.4% -40 -0.5 11.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,498 100.0% 7,950 100.0% -2,548 -24.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,319 60.2% 4,383 55.1% -1,936 -30.6 -5.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,257 21.5% 1,483 18.7% -774 -34.3 -2.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,083 29.4% 1,531 19.3% -1,552 -50.3 -10.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,506 14.3% 610 7.7% -896 -59.5 -6.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,864 27.3% 2,465 31.0% -399 -13.9 3.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,060 19.6% 1,557 19.6% -503 -24.4 -0.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,720 35.4% 3,293 41.4% -427 -11.5 6.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -4.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 15,253 100.0% 12,185 100.0% -3,068 -20.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,606 30.2% 3,238 26.6% -1,368 -29.7 -3.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,072 7.0% 857 7.0% -215 -20.1 0.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,700 100.0% 7,358 100.0% -3,342 -31.2 FEMALE................ 4,928 46.1% 3,734 50.7% -1,194 -24.2 4.7 EMPLOYED.............. 8,033 75.1% 5,051 68.6% -2,982 -37.1 -6.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,248 11.7% 908 12.3% -340 -27.2 0.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,645 15.4% 1,109 15.1% -536 -32.6 -0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,727 100.0% 9,162 100.0% -2,565 -21.9 OCCUPIED.............. 10,304 87.9% 8,033 87.7% -2,271 -22.0 -0.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,691 35.8% 2,698 33.6% -993 -26.9 -2.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $32,224 $23,093 -9,131 -28.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,613 64.2% 5,335 66.4% -1,278 -19.3 2.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $305 $285 -20 -6.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,611 39.3% 4,220 46.1% -391 -8.5 6.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 10 0.1% 8 0.1% -2 -20.0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1937.2 1939.0 1.8 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