Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Newark city GEOCODE:34-2895 NJ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 329,248 100.0% 275,221 100.0% -54,027 -16.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 288,782 87.7% 234,008 85.0% -54,774 -19.0 -2.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,813 1.2% 8,902 3.2% 5,089 133.5 2.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 107,465 32.6% 78,692 28.6% -28,773 -26.8 -4.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 191,968 58.3% 161,084 58.5% -30,884 -16.1 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 2,421 0.7% 3,259 1.2% 838 34.6 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 923 0.3% 624 0.2% -299 -32.4 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 61,322 18.6% 69,204 25.1% 7,882 12.9 6.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 28,360 8.6% 21,865 7.9% -6,495 -22.9 -0.7 5-17.................. 83,903 25.5% 56,935 20.7% -26,968 -32.1 -4.8 18-24.................. 41,946 12.7% 34,411 12.5% -7,535 -18.0 -0.2 25-44.................. 86,069 26.1% 87,851 31.9% 1,782 2.1 5.8 45-64.................. 60,200 18.3% 48,672 17.7% -11,528 -19.1 -0.6 65 AND OVER............ 28,770 8.7% 25,487 9.3% -3,283 -11.4 0.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 112,263 34.1% 78,800 28.6% -33,463 -29.8 -5.5 40 AND OVER............ 107,666 32.7% 91,910 33.4% -15,756 -14.6 0.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.0 29.6 2.6 9.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $17,282 $21,650 4,368 25.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $20,477 $25,816 5,339 26.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $7,729 $9,424 1,695 21.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 106,895 32.8% 70,702 26.3% -36,193 -33.9 -6.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 111,366 100.0% 90,878 100.0% -20,488 -18.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 79,080 71.0% 63,316 69.7% -15,764 -19.9 -1.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 31,716 28.5% 30,838 33.9% -878 -2.8 5.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 42,922 38.5% 32,012 35.2% -10,910 -25.4 -3.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 22,873 20.5% 15,938 17.5% -6,935 -30.3 -3.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 31,685 28.5% 25,899 28.5% -5,786 -18.3 0.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 23,316 20.9% 15,812 17.4% -7,504 -32.2 -3.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 29,087 26.1% 24,248 26.7% -4,839 -16.6 0.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.9 0.0 0.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 175,039 100.0% 162,010 100.0% -13,029 -7.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 50,720 29.0% 44,593 27.5% -6,127 -12.1 -1.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 11,093 6.3% 13,844 8.5% 2,751 24.8 2.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 127,023 100.0% 123,808 100.0% -3,215 -2.5 FEMALE................ 59,448 46.8% 58,330 47.1% -1,118 -1.9 0.3 EMPLOYED.............. 110,052 86.6% 105,553 85.3% -4,499 -4.1 -1.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 13,523 10.6% 14,922 12.1% 1,399 10.3 1.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 18,402 14.5% 18,926 15.3% 524 2.8 0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 121,347 100.0% 102,473 100.0% -18,874 -15.6 OCCUPIED.............. 110,912 91.4% 91,552 89.3% -19,360 -17.5 -2.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 23,358 21.1% 21,136 23.1% -2,222 -9.5 2.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $51,893 $113,982 62,089 119.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 87,554 78.9% 70,416 76.9% -17,138 -19.6 -2.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $339 $445 106 31.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 11,391 9.4% 13,059 12.7% 1,668 14.6 3.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 147 0.1% 62 0.1% -85 -57.8 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1941.1 1949.0 7.9 0.4 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