Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Carteret borough GEOCODE:34-1415 NJ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 20,598 100.0% 19,025 100.0% -1,573 -7.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 19,253 93.5% 17,208 90.4% -2,045 -10.6 -3.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 5 0.0% 68 0.4% 631260.0 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 18,636 90.5% 16,104 84.6% -2,532 -13.6 -5.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 883 4.3% 1,125 5.9% 242 27.4 1.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 411 2.0% 687 3.6% 276 67.2 1.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 7 0.0% 13 0.1% 6 85.7 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,686 8.2% 2,648 13.9% 962 57.1 5.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,201 5.8% 1,160 6.1% -41 -3.4 0.3 5-17.................. 3,993 19.4% 3,126 16.4% -867 -21.7 -3.0 18-24.................. 2,734 13.3% 1,819 9.6% -915 -33.5 -3.7 25-44.................. 5,028 24.4% 5,932 31.2% 904 18.0 6.8 45-64.................. 5,626 27.3% 4,167 21.9% -1,459 -25.9 -5.4 65 AND OVER............ 2,016 9.8% 2,821 14.8% 805 39.9 5.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,194 25.2% 4,286 22.5% -908 -17.5 -2.7 40 AND OVER............ 8,653 42.0% 8,259 43.4% -394 -4.6 1.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.9 35.2 2.3 6.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $36,203 $40,268 4,065 11.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $40,365 $44,515 4,150 10.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,193 $15,024 1,831 13.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,350 6.6% 1,586 8.3% 236 17.5 1.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,862 100.0% 6,665 100.0% -197 -2.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,588 81.4% 5,219 78.3% -369 -6.6 -3.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,156 46.0% 3,145 47.2% -11 -0.3 1.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,581 66.8% 4,043 60.7% -538 -11.7 -6.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,094 30.5% 1,686 25.3% -408 -19.5 -5.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 825 12.0% 821 12.3% -4 -0.5 0.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 470 6.8% 347 5.2% -123 -26.2 -1.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,210 17.6% 1,269 19.0% 59 4.9 1.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.8 -0.2 -5.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 12,670 100.0% 12,920 100.0% 250 2.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,254 41.5% 5,509 42.6% 255 4.9 1.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,013 8.0% 1,197 9.3% 184 18.2 1.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,557 100.0% 9,880 100.0% -677 -6.4 FEMALE................ 4,486 42.5% 4,355 44.1% -131 -2.9 1.6 EMPLOYED.............. 9,809 92.9% 9,230 93.4% -579 -5.9 0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,419 13.4% 1,698 17.2% 279 19.7 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,089 10.3% 1,134 11.5% 45 4.1 1.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,135 100.0% 6,811 100.0% -324 -4.5 OCCUPIED.............. 6,919 97.0% 6,601 96.9% -318 -4.6 -0.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,786 69.2% 4,675 70.8% -111 -2.3 1.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $83,636 $148,228 64,591 77.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,133 30.8% 1,926 29.2% -207 -9.7 -1.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $423 $587 164 38.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,082 57.2% 4,398 64.6% 316 7.7 7.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 386 5.4% 213 3.1% -173 -44.8 -2.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.8 1955.0 2.2 0.1 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