Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Moorhead city GEOCODE:27-2645 MN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 29,998 100.0% 32,295 100.0% 2,297 7.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 20,736 69.1% 22,244 68.9% 1,508 7.3 -0.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,215 14.1% 3,943 12.2% -272 -6.5 -1.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 29,441 98.1% 30,789 95.3% 1,348 4.6 -2.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 130 0.4% 129 0.4% -1 -0.8 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 204 0.7% 361 1.1% 157 77.0 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 100 0.3% 469 1.5% 369 369.0 1.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 288 1.0% 772 2.4% 484 168.1 1.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,787 6.0% 2,209 6.8% 422 23.6 0.9 5-17.................. 4,531 15.1% 5,044 15.6% 513 11.3 0.5 18-24.................. 9,778 32.6% 8,594 26.6% -1,184 -12.1 -6.0 25-44.................. 6,497 21.7% 8,367 25.9% 1,870 28.8 4.2 45-64.................. 4,622 15.4% 4,493 13.9% -129 -2.8 -1.5 65 AND OVER............ 2,783 9.3% 3,588 11.1% 805 28.9 1.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,318 21.1% 7,253 22.5% 935 14.8 1.4 40 AND OVER............ 8,586 28.6% 9,692 30.0% 1,106 12.9 1.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 23.7 25.7 1.9 8.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $28,025 $24,265 -3,760 -13.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,658 $33,382 -2,276 -6.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,392 $10,550 -842 -7.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,972 11.5% 5,650 19.9% 2,678 90.1 8.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,902 100.0% 10,996 100.0% 1,094 11.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,584 66.5% 6,956 63.3% 372 5.7 -3.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,298 43.4% 4,487 40.8% 189 4.4 -2.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,641 57.0% 5,711 51.9% 70 1.2 -5.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,914 29.4% 2,817 25.6% -97 -3.3 -3.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 775 7.8% 980 8.9% 205 26.5 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 496 5.0% 749 6.8% 253 51.0 1.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,248 22.7% 2,759 25.1% 511 22.7 2.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.6 -0.0 -1.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 13,902 100.0% 16,448 100.0% 2,546 18.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,360 31.4% 4,041 24.6% -319 -7.3 -6.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,316 23.9% 4,590 27.9% 1,274 38.4 4.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 15,557 100.0% 16,955 100.0% 1,398 9.0 FEMALE................ 7,304 46.9% 8,659 51.1% 1,355 18.6 4.1 EMPLOYED.............. 14,695 94.5% 15,987 94.3% 1,292 8.8 -0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,853 24.8% 4,378 25.8% 525 13.6 1.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,006 19.3% 3,258 19.2% 252 8.4 -0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 10,578 100.0% 11,511 100.0% 933 8.8 OCCUPIED.............. 9,804 92.7% 11,063 96.1% 1,259 12.8 3.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,947 60.7% 6,664 60.2% 717 12.1 -0.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $85,071 $65,777 -19,293 -22.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,857 39.3% 4,399 39.8% 542 14.1 0.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $377 $343 -34 -9.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,775 54.6% 6,678 58.0% 903 15.6 3.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 310 2.9% 457 4.0% 147 47.4 1.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.6 1965.0 4.4 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