Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Inkster city GEOCODE:26-1320 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 35,190 100.0% 30,772 100.0% -4,418 -12.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 31,363 89.1% 26,405 85.8% -4,958 -15.8 -3.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 166 0.5% 178 0.6% 12 7.2 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 14,765 42.0% 11,092 36.0% -3,673 -24.9 -5.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 20,042 57.0% 19,274 62.6% -768 -3.8 5.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 210 0.6% 200 0.6% -10 -4.8 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 58 0.2% 64 0.2% 6 10.3 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 528 1.5% 385 1.3% -143 -27.1 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,834 8.1% 2,495 8.1% -339 -12.0 0.1 5-17.................. 8,526 24.2% 6,348 20.6% -2,178 -25.5 -3.6 18-24.................. 4,967 14.1% 3,416 11.1% -1,551 -31.2 -3.0 25-44.................. 9,467 26.9% 9,699 31.5% 232 2.5 4.6 45-64.................. 6,590 18.7% 5,317 17.3% -1,273 -19.3 -1.4 65 AND OVER............ 2,806 8.0% 3,497 11.4% 691 24.6 3.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 11,360 32.3% 8,843 28.7% -2,517 -22.2 -3.5 40 AND OVER............ 11,208 31.8% 10,804 35.1% -404 -3.6 3.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.9 31.1 4.2 15.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $31,437 $25,198 -6,239 -19.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,373 $30,191 -5,182 -14.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,505 $10,723 -782 -6.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,369 15.4% 7,072 23.2% 1,703 31.7 7.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 11,781 100.0% 11,264 100.0% -517 -4.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,719 74.0% 7,759 68.9% -960 -11.0 -5.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,420 37.5% 3,783 33.6% -637 -14.4 -3.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,887 50.0% 4,340 38.5% -1,547 -26.3 -11.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,213 27.3% 2,008 17.8% -1,205 -37.5 -9.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,378 20.2% 2,739 24.3% 361 15.2 4.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,585 13.5% 1,649 14.6% 64 4.0 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,579 21.9% 2,998 26.6% 419 16.2 4.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.7 -0.3 -8.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 18,863 100.0% 18,513 100.0% -350 -1.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,031 37.3% 6,227 33.6% -804 -11.4 -3.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,301 6.9% 1,349 7.3% 48 3.7 0.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 15,297 100.0% 13,931 100.0% -1,366 -8.9 FEMALE................ 6,637 43.4% 6,821 49.0% 184 2.8 5.6 EMPLOYED.............. 12,598 82.4% 12,005 86.2% -593 -4.7 3.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,845 12.1% 2,130 15.3% 285 15.4 3.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,287 15.0% 2,199 15.8% -88 -3.8 0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 12,247 100.0% 12,045 100.0% -202 -1.6 OCCUPIED.............. 11,753 96.0% 11,201 93.0% -552 -4.7 -3.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,613 64.8% 6,564 58.6% -1,049 -13.8 -6.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $48,976 $37,551 -11,425 -23.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,140 35.2% 4,637 41.4% 497 12.0 6.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $395 $436 41 10.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 9,343 76.3% 8,899 73.9% -444 -4.8 -2.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 116 0.9% 133 1.1% 17 14.7 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.7 1958.0 1.3 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