Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Sault Ste. Marie city GEOCODE:26-2435 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,448 100.0% 14,689 100.0% 241 1.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,395 78.9% 10,990 74.8% -405 -3.6 -4.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,142 7.9% 977 6.7% -165 -14.4 -1.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 13,086 90.6% 12,473 84.9% -613 -4.7 -5.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 22 0.2% 43 0.3% 21 95.5 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 5 0.0% 44 0.3% 39 780.0 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,308 9.1% 2,103 14.3% 795 60.8 5.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 76 0.5% 124 0.8% 48 63.2 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 934 6.5% 1,017 6.9% 83 8.9 0.5 5-17.................. 2,696 18.7% 2,515 17.1% -181 -6.7 -1.5 18-24.................. 3,000 20.8% 2,542 17.3% -458 -15.3 -3.5 25-44.................. 3,032 21.0% 4,257 29.0% 1,225 40.4 8.0 45-64.................. 2,744 19.0% 2,174 14.8% -570 -20.8 -4.2 65 AND OVER............ 2,042 14.1% 2,184 14.9% 142 7.0 0.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,630 25.1% 3,532 24.0% -98 -2.7 -1.1 40 AND OVER............ 5,366 37.1% 5,200 35.4% -166 -3.1 -1.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.8 30.3 2.5 8.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,797 $21,166 369 1.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,209 $25,097 -1,112 -4.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,664 $10,946 1,282 13.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,971 14.8% 2,588 18.9% 617 31.3 4.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,246 100.0% 5,657 100.0% 411 7.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,628 69.2% 3,603 63.7% -25 -0.7 -5.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,792 34.2% 1,894 33.5% 102 5.7 -0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,871 54.7% 2,659 47.0% -212 -7.4 -7.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,375 26.2% 1,259 22.3% -116 -8.4 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 645 12.3% 753 13.3% 108 16.7 1.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 426 8.1% 505 8.9% 79 18.5 0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,384 26.4% 1,634 28.9% 250 18.1 2.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -4.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,818 100.0% 8,615 100.0% 797 10.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,937 37.6% 3,162 36.7% 225 7.7 -0.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,084 13.9% 1,181 13.7% 97 8.9 -0.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,041 100.0% 6,904 100.0% 863 14.3 FEMALE................ 2,637 43.7% 3,195 46.3% 558 21.2 2.6 EMPLOYED.............. 5,239 86.7% 6,264 90.7% 1,025 19.6 4.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,213 20.1% 1,408 20.4% 195 16.1 0.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,186 19.6% 1,860 26.9% 674 56.8 7.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,692 100.0% 6,013 100.0% 321 5.6 OCCUPIED.............. 5,166 90.8% 5,623 93.5% 457 8.8 2.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,548 68.7% 3,636 64.7% 88 2.5 -4.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $44,442 $40,654 -3,787 -8.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,618 31.3% 1,987 35.3% 369 22.8 4.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $271 $309 38 13.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,530 62.0% 3,729 62.0% 199 5.6 -0.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 464 8.2% 639 10.6% 175 37.7 2.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1939.4 1951.0 11.6 0.6 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