Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Atlantic City city GEOCODE:34-0075 NJ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 40,199 100.0% 37,986 100.0% -2,213 -5.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 30,058 74.8% 27,246 71.7% -2,812 -9.4 -3.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,445 3.6% 1,771 4.7% 326 22.6 1.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 18,657 46.4% 13,480 35.5% -5,177 -27.7 -10.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 19,929 49.6% 19,605 51.6% -324 -1.6 2.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 260 0.6% 1,525 4.0% 1,265 486.5 3.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 53 0.1% 83 0.2% 30 56.6 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 2,283 5.7% 5,566 14.7% 3,283 143.8 9.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,069 5.1% 2,808 7.4% 739 35.7 2.2 5-17.................. 7,600 18.9% 5,779 15.2% -1,821 -24.0 -3.7 18-24.................. 4,240 10.5% 3,822 10.1% -418 -9.9 -0.5 25-44.................. 8,281 20.6% 11,362 29.9% 3,081 37.2 9.3 45-64.................. 8,544 21.3% 6,997 18.4% -1,547 -18.1 -2.8 65 AND OVER............ 9,465 23.5% 7,218 19.0% -2,247 -23.7 -4.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,669 24.1% 8,587 22.6% -1,082 -11.2 -1.4 40 AND OVER............ 19,695 49.0% 16,528 43.5% -3,167 -16.1 -5.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 38.8 35.3 -3.5 -9.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $16,750 $20,309 3,559 21.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $22,611 $27,804 5,193 23.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,749 $12,017 2,268 23.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 9,635 24.9% 9,208 25.0% -427 -4.4 0.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 16,689 100.0% 15,891 100.0% -798 -4.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 9,214 55.2% 8,320 52.4% -894 -9.7 -2.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,917 23.5% 4,073 25.6% 156 4.0 2.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,059 30.3% 3,869 24.3% -1,190 -23.5 -6.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,646 9.9% 1,379 8.7% -267 -16.2 -1.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,610 21.6% 3,594 22.6% -16 -0.4 1.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,144 12.8% 2,185 13.7% 41 1.9 0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 6,539 39.2% 6,449 40.6% -90 -1.4 1.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.3 2.3 -0.0 -1.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 26,290 100.0% 25,577 100.0% -713 -2.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,755 29.5% 7,845 30.7% 90 1.2 1.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,015 7.7% 2,442 9.5% 427 21.2 1.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 17,177 100.0% 18,606 100.0% 1,429 8.3 FEMALE................ 8,812 51.3% 8,879 47.7% 67 0.8 -3.6 EMPLOYED.............. 15,257 88.8% 16,812 90.4% 1,555 10.2 1.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,525 14.7% 2,620 14.1% 95 3.8 -0.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 5,448 31.7% 7,304 39.3% 1,856 34.1 7.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 20,948 100.0% 21,626 100.0% 678 3.2 OCCUPIED.............. 16,736 79.9% 15,731 72.7% -1,005 -6.0 -7.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,127 30.6% 4,892 31.1% -235 -4.6 0.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $78,534 $83,315 4,781 6.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 11,609 69.4% 10,839 68.9% -770 -6.6 -0.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $314 $434 120 38.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,109 33.9% 6,661 30.8% -448 -6.3 -3.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 30 0.1% 0 0.0% -30-100.0 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1937.3 1955.0 17.7 0.9 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