Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Buffalo city GEOCODE:36-0450 NY ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 357,870 100.0% 328,123 100.0% -29,747 -8.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 284,292 79.4% 249,340 76.0% -34,952 -12.3 -3.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 10,587 3.0% 9,871 3.0% -716 -6.8 0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 253,507 70.8% 212,208 64.7% -41,299 -16.3 -6.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 95,622 26.7% 100,767 30.7% 5,145 5.4 4.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,335 0.4% 3,112 0.9% 1,777 133.1 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 2,084 0.6% 2,363 0.7% 279 13.4 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 8,926 2.5% 15,287 4.7% 6,361 71.3 2.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 23,395 6.5% 25,544 7.8% 2,149 9.2 1.2 5-17.................. 66,618 18.6% 54,041 16.5% -12,577 -18.9 -2.1 18-24.................. 52,995 14.8% 41,141 12.5% -11,854 -22.4 -2.3 25-44.................. 86,158 24.1% 103,215 31.5% 17,057 19.8 7.4 45-64.................. 74,977 21.0% 55,128 16.8% -19,849 -26.5 -4.1 65 AND OVER............ 53,727 15.0% 49,054 14.9% -4,673 -8.7 -0.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 90,013 25.2% 79,585 24.3% -10,428 -11.6 -0.9 40 AND OVER............ 144,275 40.3% 123,233 37.6% -21,042 -14.6 -2.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.9 32.1 1.2 3.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,801 $18,482 -1,319 -6.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,358 $23,887 -2,471 -9.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,127 $10,445 318 3.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 72,287 20.7% 81,601 25.6% 9,314 12.9 4.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 140,835 100.0% 135,595 100.0% -5,240 -3.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 87,714 62.3% 78,865 58.2% -8,849 -10.1 -4.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 37,196 26.4% 35,706 26.3% -1,490 -4.0 -0.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 58,770 41.7% 46,838 34.5% -11,932 -20.3 -7.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 26,360 18.7% 20,185 14.9% -6,175 -23.4 -3.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 24,543 17.4% 27,164 20.0% 2,621 10.7 2.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 14,942 10.6% 16,941 12.5% 1,999 13.4 1.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 45,996 32.7% 47,755 35.2% 1,759 3.8 2.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.1 -4.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 214,862 100.0% 207,397 100.0% -7,465 -3.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 65,353 30.4% 60,535 29.2% -4,818 -7.4 -1.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 23,799 11.1% 33,279 16.0% 9,480 39.8 5.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 151,191 100.0% 148,207 100.0% -2,984 -2.0 FEMALE................ 68,138 45.1% 72,339 48.8% 4,201 6.2 3.7 EMPLOYED.............. 131,329 86.9% 131,001 88.4% -328 -0.2 1.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 24,188 16.0% 30,633 20.7% 6,445 26.6 4.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 23,141 15.3% 25,350 17.1% 2,209 9.5 1.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 156,412 100.0% 151,971 100.0% -4,441 -2.8 OCCUPIED.............. 140,954 90.1% 136,436 89.8% -4,518 -3.2 -0.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 62,714 44.5% 58,909 43.2% -3,805 -6.1 -1.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $41,236 $58,740 17,504 42.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 78,240 55.5% 77,527 56.8% -713 -0.9 1.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $311 $352 41 13.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 44,376 28.4% 46,619 30.7% 2,243 5.1 2.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 40 0.0% 59 0.0% 19 47.5 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1931.9 1939.0 7.1 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