Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Jersey City city GEOCODE:34-2290 NJ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 223,532 100.0% 228,537 100.0% 5,005 2.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 193,076 86.4% 190,224 83.2% -2,852 -1.5 -3.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,735 1.2% 4,049 1.8% 1,314 48.0 0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 130,455 58.4% 110,659 48.4% -19,796 -15.2 -9.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 61,957 27.7% 68,068 29.8% 6,111 9.9 2.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 10,384 4.6% 25,921 11.3% 15,537 149.6 6.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 323 0.1% 295 0.1% -28 -8.7 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 41,757 18.7% 54,231 23.7% 12,474 29.9 5.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 17,159 7.7% 16,693 7.3% -466 -2.7 -0.4 5-17.................. 48,188 21.6% 39,141 17.1% -9,047 -18.8 -4.4 18-24.................. 28,084 12.6% 25,982 11.4% -2,102 -7.5 -1.2 25-44.................. 59,760 26.7% 82,060 35.9% 22,300 37.3 9.2 45-64.................. 44,319 19.8% 39,875 17.4% -4,444 -10.0 -2.4 65 AND OVER............ 26,022 11.6% 24,786 10.8% -1,236 -4.7 -0.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 65,347 29.2% 55,834 24.4% -9,513 -14.6 -4.8 40 AND OVER............ 82,596 37.0% 80,138 35.1% -2,458 -3.0 -1.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.9 31.6 1.7 5.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,840 $29,054 7,214 33.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,512 $32,785 5,273 19.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,927 $13,060 3,133 31.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 46,892 21.2% 42,539 18.9% -4,353 -9.3 -2.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 80,961 100.0% 82,306 100.0% 1,345 1.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 55,832 69.0% 54,127 65.8% -1,705 -3.1 -3.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 25,744 31.8% 29,835 36.2% 4,091 15.9 4.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 35,588 44.0% 33,559 40.8% -2,029 -5.7 -3.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 18,170 22.4% 16,377 19.9% -1,793 -9.9 -2.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 16,886 20.9% 16,222 19.7% -664 -3.9 -1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 10,616 13.1% 8,924 10.8% -1,692 -15.9 -2.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 23,076 28.5% 23,357 28.4% 281 1.2 -0.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.7 0.0 0.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 130,101 100.0% 146,721 100.0% 16,620 12.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 39,686 30.5% 40,217 27.4% 531 1.3 -3.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 15,176 11.7% 31,445 21.4% 16,269 107.2 9.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 97,781 100.0% 117,316 100.0% 19,535 20.0 FEMALE................ 43,912 44.9% 53,332 45.5% 9,420 21.5 0.6 EMPLOYED.............. 88,239 90.2% 104,595 89.2% 16,356 18.5 -1.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 15,065 15.4% 25,167 21.5% 10,102 67.1 6.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 12,119 12.4% 14,646 12.5% 2,527 20.9 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 87,974 100.0% 90,723 100.0% 2,749 3.1 OCCUPIED.............. 80,720 91.8% 82,381 90.8% 1,661 2.1 -0.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 22,610 28.0% 24,400 29.6% 1,790 7.9 1.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $51,526 $134,359 82,833 160.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 58,110 72.0% 57,981 70.4% -129 -0.2 -1.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $343 $527 184 53.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,028 11.4% 11,599 12.8% 1,571 15.7 1.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 98 0.1% 19 0.0% -79 -80.6 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1935.2 1939.0 3.8 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