Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Romulus city GEOCODE:26-2342 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 24,857 100.0% 22,898 100.0% -1,959 -7.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 22,932 92.3% 20,436 89.2% -2,496 -10.9 -3.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 133 0.5% 179 0.8% 46 34.6 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 20,252 81.5% 17,453 76.2% -2,799 -13.8 -5.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 4,330 17.4% 4,934 21.5% 604 13.9 4.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 118 0.5% 161 0.7% 43 36.4 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 107 0.4% 193 0.8% 86 80.4 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 298 1.2% 420 1.8% 122 40.9 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,279 9.2% 1,944 8.5% -335 -14.7 -0.7 5-17.................. 6,581 26.5% 5,007 21.9% -1,574 -23.9 -4.6 18-24.................. 3,298 13.3% 2,576 11.2% -722 -21.9 -2.0 25-44.................. 7,829 31.5% 7,722 33.7% -107 -1.4 2.2 45-64.................. 3,545 14.3% 3,942 17.2% 397 11.2 3.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,325 5.3% 1,707 7.5% 382 28.8 2.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,860 35.6% 6,951 30.4% -1,909 -21.5 -5.3 40 AND OVER............ 6,364 25.6% 7,348 32.1% 984 15.5 6.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.5 30.0 4.5 17.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $36,321 $31,723 -4,598 -12.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $38,830 $34,729 -4,101 -10.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,772 $12,008 236 2.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,547 10.3% 2,932 12.9% 385 15.1 2.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,812 100.0% 7,826 100.0% 14 0.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,325 81.0% 6,043 77.2% -282 -4.5 -3.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,216 41.2% 3,543 45.3% 327 10.2 4.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,906 62.8% 4,244 54.2% -662 -13.5 -8.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,096 39.6% 2,367 30.2% -729 -23.5 -9.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,090 14.0% 1,391 17.8% 301 27.6 3.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 743 9.5% 818 10.5% 75 10.1 0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,219 15.6% 1,452 18.6% 233 19.1 2.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.2 2.9 -0.3 -8.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 12,699 100.0% 13,371 100.0% 672 5.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,246 41.3% 5,141 38.4% -105 -2.0 -2.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 810 6.4% 786 5.9% -24 -3.0 -0.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,898 100.0% 11,300 100.0% 402 3.7 FEMALE................ 4,204 38.6% 4,934 43.7% 730 17.4 5.1 EMPLOYED.............. 9,004 82.6% 10,214 90.4% 1,210 13.4 7.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,052 9.7% 1,168 10.3% 116 11.0 0.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,205 11.1% 1,808 16.0% 603 50.0 4.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,160 100.0% 8,212 100.0% 52 0.6 OCCUPIED.............. 7,836 96.0% 7,829 95.3% -7 -0.1 -0.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,331 68.0% 5,073 64.8% -258 -4.8 -3.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $63,935 $52,968 -10,967 -17.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,505 32.0% 2,756 35.2% 251 10.0 3.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $422 $420 -2 -0.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,195 75.9% 6,147 74.9% -48 -0.8 -1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 403 4.9% 414 5.0% 11 2.7 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.7 1964.0 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