Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Pontiac city GEOCODE:26-2200 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 76,715 100.0% 71,166 100.0% -5,549 -7.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 64,827 84.5% 58,634 82.4% -6,193 -9.6 -2.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,666 3.5% 2,867 4.0% 201 7.5 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 44,451 57.9% 36,634 51.5% -7,817 -17.6 -6.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 28,441 37.1% 30,018 42.2% 1,577 5.5 5.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 548 0.7% 810 1.1% 262 47.8 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 548 0.7% 667 0.9% 119 21.7 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 4,997 6.5% 5,484 7.7% 487 9.7 1.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 7,505 9.8% 7,009 9.8% -496 -6.6 0.1 5-17.................. 18,236 23.8% 14,670 20.6% -3,566 -19.6 -3.2 18-24.................. 11,688 15.2% 8,881 12.5% -2,807 -24.0 -2.8 25-44.................. 20,558 26.8% 23,211 32.6% 2,653 12.9 5.8 45-64.................. 11,830 15.4% 11,190 15.7% -640 -5.4 0.3 65 AND OVER............ 6,898 9.0% 6,205 8.7% -693 -10.0 -0.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 25,741 33.6% 21,679 30.5% -4,062 -15.8 -3.1 40 AND OVER............ 22,374 29.2% 21,999 30.9% -375 -1.7 1.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.6 28.4 2.8 11.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,639 $21,962 -5,677 -20.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,820 $25,834 -5,986 -18.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,678 $9,847 -831 -7.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 13,046 17.6% 18,222 26.7% 5,176 39.7 9.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 25,734 100.0% 24,844 100.0% -890 -3.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 18,216 70.8% 16,967 68.3% -1,249 -6.9 -2.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,546 33.2% 8,048 32.4% -498 -5.8 -0.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 12,292 47.8% 9,637 38.8% -2,655 -21.6 -9.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 6,994 27.2% 4,759 19.2% -2,235 -32.0 -8.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 4,989 19.4% 6,167 24.8% 1,178 23.6 5.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 3,638 14.1% 4,361 17.6% 723 19.9 3.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 6,246 24.3% 6,447 25.9% 201 3.2 1.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.7 -0.1 -4.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 39,286 100.0% 40,606 100.0% 1,320 3.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 13,240 33.7% 12,926 31.8% -314 -2.4 -1.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,561 6.5% 3,228 7.9% 667 26.0 1.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 31,167 100.0% 30,801 100.0% -366 -1.2 FEMALE................ 13,490 43.3% 14,405 46.8% 915 6.8 3.5 EMPLOYED.............. 26,433 84.8% 26,357 85.6% -76 -0.3 0.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,181 10.2% 3,779 12.3% 598 18.8 2.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 5,226 16.8% 5,455 17.7% 229 4.4 0.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 27,740 100.0% 26,593 100.0% -1,147 -4.1 OCCUPIED.............. 25,702 92.7% 24,777 93.2% -925 -3.6 0.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 14,434 56.2% 12,321 49.7% -2,113 -14.6 -6.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $43,718 $38,308 -5,411 -12.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 11,268 43.8% 12,456 50.3% 1,188 10.5 6.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $387 $436 49 12.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 18,963 68.4% 17,146 64.5% -1,817 -9.6 -3.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 299 1.1% 352 1.3% 53 17.7 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.7 1954.0 3.3 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