Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: St. Louis city GEOCODE:29-3875 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 453,085 100.0% 396,685 100.0% -56,400 -12.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 364,215 80.4% 302,599 76.3% -61,616 -16.9 -4.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 9,791 2.2% 10,575 2.7% 784 8.0 0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 242,988 53.6% 202,276 51.0% -40,712 -16.8 -2.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 206,170 45.5% 187,995 47.4% -18,175 -8.8 1.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 2,214 0.5% 3,566 0.9% 1,352 61.1 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 679 0.1% 1,331 0.3% 652 96.0 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,380 1.2% 4,850 1.2% -530 -9.9 0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 32,252 7.1% 31,656 8.0% -596 -1.8 0.9 5-17.................. 86,415 19.1% 68,448 17.3% -17,967 -20.8 -1.8 18-24.................. 60,846 13.4% 40,796 10.3% -20,050 -33.0 -3.1 25-44.................. 102,051 22.5% 123,647 31.2% 21,596 21.2 8.6 45-64.................. 91,594 20.2% 65,884 16.6% -25,710 -28.1 -3.6 65 AND OVER............ 79,927 17.6% 66,254 16.7% -13,673 -17.1 -0.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 118,667 26.2% 100,104 25.2% -18,563 -15.6 -1.0 40 AND OVER............ 190,062 41.9% 153,546 38.7% -36,516 -19.2 -3.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.7 32.9 1.2 3.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,661 $19,458 -203 -1.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,073 $24,274 -1,799 -6.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,041 $10,798 757 7.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 96,849 21.8% 95,271 24.6% -1,578 -1.6 2.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 178,450 100.0% 164,404 100.0% -14,046 -7.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 107,989 60.5% 91,747 55.8% -16,242 -15.0 -4.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 49,903 28.0% 43,511 26.5% -6,392 -12.8 -1.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 69,642 39.0% 51,735 31.5% -17,907 -25.7 -7.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 28,552 16.0% 21,031 12.8% -7,521 -26.3 -3.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 32,701 18.3% 33,930 20.6% 1,229 3.8 2.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 18,803 10.5% 19,661 12.0% 858 4.6 1.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 63,927 35.8% 63,932 38.9% 5 0.0 3.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.1 -5.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 273,572 100.0% 255,785 100.0% -17,787 -6.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 74,858 27.4% 68,965 27.0% -5,893 -7.9 -0.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 27,380 10.0% 39,177 15.3% 11,797 43.1 5.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 194,784 100.0% 181,306 100.0% -13,478 -6.9 FEMALE................ 94,360 48.4% 90,851 50.1% -3,509 -3.7 1.7 EMPLOYED.............. 173,066 88.9% 161,434 89.0% -11,632 -6.7 0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 30,687 15.8% 37,672 20.8% 6,985 22.8 5.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 35,736 18.3% 32,372 17.9% -3,364 -9.4 -0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 201,951 100.0% 194,919 100.0% -7,032 -3.5 OCCUPIED.............. 178,048 88.2% 164,931 84.6% -13,117 -7.4 -3.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 80,392 45.2% 74,352 45.1% -6,040 -7.5 -0.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $49,182 $57,810 8,628 17.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 97,656 54.8% 90,579 54.9% -7,077 -7.2 0.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $295 $342 47 15.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 79,608 39.4% 76,932 39.5% -2,676 -3.4 0.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 155 0.1% 23 0.0% -132 -85.2 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1935.4 1939.0 3.6 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