Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: East Orange city GEOCODE:34-1665 NJ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 77,690 100.0% 73,552 100.0% -4,138 -5.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 63,528 81.8% 59,698 81.2% -3,830 -6.0 -0.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,100 2.7% 2,081 2.8% -19 -0.9 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,385 14.7% 5,243 7.1% -6,142 -53.9 -7.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 64,650 83.2% 66,400 90.3% 1,750 2.7 7.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 548 0.7% 427 0.6% -121 -22.1 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 173 0.2% 200 0.3% 27 15.6 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,960 2.5% 2,534 3.4% 574 29.3 0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 5,628 7.2% 5,791 7.9% 163 2.9 0.6 5-17.................. 16,733 21.5% 13,186 17.9% -3,547 -21.2 -3.6 18-24.................. 9,778 12.6% 7,971 10.8% -1,807 -18.5 -1.7 25-44.................. 23,074 29.7% 23,960 32.6% 886 3.8 2.9 45-64.................. 14,505 18.7% 14,018 19.1% -487 -3.4 0.4 65 AND OVER............ 7,972 10.3% 8,626 11.7% 654 8.2 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 22,361 28.8% 18,977 25.8% -3,384 -15.1 -3.0 40 AND OVER............ 27,099 34.9% 27,563 37.5% 464 1.7 2.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.7 32.1 2.4 8.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,848 $26,810 3,962 17.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,834 $33,263 5,429 19.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,655 $12,376 1,721 16.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 15,190 20.1% 12,699 17.7% -2,491 -16.4 -2.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 28,862 100.0% 27,175 100.0% -1,687 -5.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 18,262 63.3% 16,686 61.4% -1,576 -8.6 -1.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,791 30.5% 9,600 35.3% 809 9.2 4.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 10,605 36.7% 8,241 30.3% -2,364 -22.3 -6.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,323 18.4% 3,785 13.9% -1,538 -28.9 -4.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 6,512 22.6% 7,178 26.4% 666 10.2 3.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 4,518 15.7% 4,117 15.1% -401 -8.9 -0.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 9,321 32.3% 9,372 34.5% 51 0.5 2.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.6 0.0 0.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 45,551 100.0% 46,604 100.0% 1,053 2.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 17,682 38.8% 14,229 30.5% -3,453 -19.5 -8.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,248 11.5% 6,828 14.7% 1,580 30.1 3.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 37,073 100.0% 38,370 100.0% 1,297 3.5 FEMALE................ 19,064 51.4% 20,197 52.6% 1,133 5.9 1.2 EMPLOYED.............. 33,579 90.6% 33,853 88.2% 274 0.8 -2.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 6,370 17.2% 7,123 18.6% 753 11.8 1.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 6,026 16.3% 6,440 16.8% 414 6.9 0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 31,081 100.0% 28,987 100.0% -2,094 -6.7 OCCUPIED.............. 28,767 92.6% 27,210 93.9% -1,557 -5.4 1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,084 24.6% 7,478 27.5% 394 5.6 2.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $59,720 $116,788 57,068 95.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 21,683 75.4% 19,732 72.5% -1,951 -9.0 -2.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $425 $534 109 25.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,702 15.1% 5,180 17.9% 478 10.2 2.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 24 0.1% 0 0.0% -24-100.0 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1943.8 1949.0 5.2 0.3 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