Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: West St. Paul city GEOCODE:27-4070 MN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,527 100.0% 19,248 100.0% 721 3.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 15,231 82.2% 15,161 78.8% -70 -0.5 -3.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 308 1.7% 303 1.6% -5 -1.6 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 18,194 98.2% 18,470 96.0% 276 1.5 -2.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 56 0.3% 87 0.5% 31 55.4 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 57 0.3% 136 0.7% 79 138.6 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 6 0.0% 68 0.4% 621033.3 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 534 2.9% 740 3.8% 206 38.6 1.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 954 5.1% 1,090 5.7% 136 14.3 0.5 5-17.................. 3,191 17.2% 2,924 15.2% -267 -8.4 -2.0 18-24.................. 2,549 13.8% 1,587 8.2% -962 -37.7 -5.5 25-44.................. 4,590 24.8% 5,953 30.9% 1,363 29.7 6.2 45-64.................. 4,310 23.3% 3,710 19.3% -600 -13.9 -4.0 65 AND OVER............ 2,933 15.8% 3,984 20.7% 1,051 35.8 4.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,145 22.4% 4,014 20.9% -131 -3.2 -1.5 40 AND OVER............ 8,163 44.1% 9,094 47.2% 931 11.4 3.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 34.2 38.1 3.8 11.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $32,459 $30,683 -1,776 -5.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $41,031 $38,504 -2,527 -6.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $15,814 $16,728 914 5.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 755 4.1% 1,027 5.4% 272 36.0 1.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,555 100.0% 8,533 100.0% 978 12.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,966 65.7% 5,247 61.5% 281 5.7 -4.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,936 38.9% 3,002 35.2% 66 2.2 -3.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,121 54.5% 4,279 50.1% 158 3.8 -4.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,758 23.3% 1,728 20.3% -30 -1.7 -3.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 728 9.6% 780 9.1% 52 7.1 -0.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 379 5.0% 444 5.2% 65 17.2 0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,244 29.7% 2,869 33.6% 625 27.9 3.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.2 -0.2 -7.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,833 100.0% 13,647 100.0% 1,814 15.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,182 43.8% 4,903 35.9% -279 -5.4 -7.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,930 16.3% 2,524 18.5% 594 30.8 2.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,982 100.0% 10,141 100.0% 159 1.6 FEMALE................ 4,710 47.2% 5,024 49.5% 314 6.7 2.4 EMPLOYED.............. 9,656 96.7% 9,758 96.2% 102 1.1 -0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,224 22.3% 2,478 24.4% 254 11.4 2.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,342 13.4% 1,283 12.7% -59 -4.4 -0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,685 100.0% 8,767 100.0% 1,082 14.1 OCCUPIED.............. 7,501 97.6% 8,441 96.3% 940 12.5 -1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,271 56.9% 4,865 57.6% 594 13.9 0.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $101,286 $93,249 -8,037 -7.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,230 43.1% 3,576 42.4% 346 10.7 -0.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $444 $491 47 10.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,263 55.5% 4,673 53.3% 410 9.6 -2.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 7 0.1% 7 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.8 1964.0 3.2 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