Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Linden city GEOCODE:34-2440 NJ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 37,836 100.0% 36,701 100.0% -1,135 -3.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 33,942 89.7% 31,498 85.8% -2,444 -7.2 -3.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 25 0.1% 284 0.8% 2591036.0 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 31,080 82.1% 28,017 76.3% -3,063 -9.9 -5.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 6,312 16.7% 7,316 19.9% 1,004 15.9 3.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 116 0.3% 504 1.4% 388 334.5 1.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 60 0.2% 60 0.2% 0 0.0 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,534 4.1% 2,663 7.3% 1,129 73.6 3.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,907 5.0% 2,082 5.7% 175 9.2 0.6 5-17.................. 6,266 16.6% 5,170 14.1% -1,096 -17.5 -2.5 18-24.................. 4,434 11.7% 3,262 8.9% -1,172 -26.4 -2.8 25-44.................. 9,617 25.4% 11,617 31.7% 2,000 20.8 6.2 45-64.................. 10,248 27.1% 7,542 20.5% -2,706 -26.4 -6.5 65 AND OVER............ 5,364 14.2% 7,028 19.1% 1,664 31.0 5.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,173 21.6% 7,252 19.8% -921 -11.3 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 17,576 46.5% 17,312 47.2% -264 -1.5 0.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 36.6 38.0 1.4 3.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $33,337 $35,911 2,574 7.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $38,054 $42,634 4,580 12.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,142 $16,308 2,166 15.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,630 7.0% 2,049 5.6% -581 -22.1 -1.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 14,152 100.0% 14,476 100.0% 324 2.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,712 75.7% 10,172 70.3% -540 -5.0 -5.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,758 40.7% 5,935 41.0% 177 3.1 0.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 8,738 61.7% 7,870 54.4% -868 -9.9 -7.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,475 24.6% 2,979 20.6% -496 -14.3 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,554 11.0% 1,767 12.2% 213 13.7 1.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 665 4.7% 679 4.7% 14 2.1 -0.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,106 21.9% 3,816 26.4% 710 22.9 4.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -5.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 25,229 100.0% 26,187 100.0% 958 3.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 10,088 40.0% 9,951 38.0% -137 -1.4 -2.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,177 8.6% 3,184 12.2% 1,007 46.3 3.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 19,038 100.0% 19,147 100.0% 109 0.6 FEMALE................ 8,192 43.0% 9,105 47.6% 913 11.1 4.5 EMPLOYED.............. 17,962 94.3% 17,866 93.3% -96 -0.5 -1.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,810 14.8% 3,533 18.5% 723 25.7 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,963 10.3% 2,200 11.5% 237 12.1 1.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 14,599 100.0% 14,917 100.0% 318 2.2 OCCUPIED.............. 14,232 97.5% 14,369 96.3% 137 1.0 -1.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,674 60.9% 8,797 61.2% 123 1.4 0.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $90,471 $152,862 62,391 69.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,558 39.1% 5,572 38.8% 14 0.3 -0.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $442 $594 152 34.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,316 50.1% 7,413 49.7% 97 1.3 -0.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 90 0.6% 54 0.4% -36 -40.0 -0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.6 1953.0 2.4 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