Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Cohoes city GEOCODE:36-0740 NY ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,144 100.0% 16,825 100.0% -1,319 -7.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 15,497 85.4% 13,280 78.9% -2,217 -14.3 -6.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 142 0.8% 280 1.7% 138 97.2 0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 18,022 99.3% 16,547 98.3% -1,475 -8.2 -1.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 15 0.1% 113 0.7% 98 653.3 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 67 0.4% 78 0.5% 11 16.4 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 40 0.2% 34 0.2% -6 -15.0 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 108 0.6% 191 1.1% 83 76.9 0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,271 7.0% 1,208 7.2% -63 -5.0 0.2 5-17.................. 3,470 19.1% 2,762 16.4% -708 -20.4 -2.7 18-24.................. 2,182 12.0% 1,730 10.3% -452 -20.7 -1.7 25-44.................. 4,489 24.7% 5,203 30.9% 714 15.9 6.2 45-64.................. 3,915 21.6% 2,807 16.7% -1,108 -28.3 -4.9 65 AND OVER............ 2,817 15.5% 3,115 18.5% 298 10.6 3.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,741 26.1% 3,970 23.6% -771 -16.3 -2.5 40 AND OVER............ 7,557 41.7% 7,079 42.1% -478 -6.3 0.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.4 34.6 2.2 6.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,594 $24,319 725 3.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,490 $31,576 2,086 7.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,018 $12,406 1,388 12.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,144 11.9% 2,181 13.1% 37 1.7 1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,176 100.0% 7,157 100.0% -19 -0.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,924 68.6% 4,324 60.4% -600 -12.2 -8.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,539 35.4% 2,291 32.0% -248 -9.8 -3.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,798 52.9% 3,201 44.7% -597 -15.7 -8.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,766 24.6% 1,317 18.4% -449 -25.4 -6.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 939 13.1% 865 12.1% -74 -7.9 -1.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 539 7.5% 580 8.1% 41 7.6 0.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,054 28.6% 2,471 34.5% 417 20.3 5.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.2 -7.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,221 100.0% 11,125 100.0% -96 -0.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,865 34.4% 3,597 32.3% -268 -6.9 -2.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,027 9.2% 1,126 10.1% 99 9.6 1.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,372 100.0% 8,141 100.0% -231 -2.8 FEMALE................ 3,778 45.1% 3,891 47.8% 113 3.0 2.7 EMPLOYED.............. 7,762 92.7% 7,562 92.9% -200 -2.6 0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,359 16.2% 1,603 19.7% 244 18.0 3.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,154 13.8% 1,067 13.1% -87 -7.5 -0.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,554 100.0% 7,639 100.0% 85 1.1 OCCUPIED.............. 7,106 94.1% 7,133 93.4% 27 0.4 -0.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,388 47.7% 3,224 45.2% -164 -4.8 -2.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $59,983 $93,238 33,255 55.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,718 52.3% 3,909 54.8% 191 5.1 2.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $298 $380 82 27.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,431 32.2% 2,334 30.6% -97 -4.0 -1.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 4 0.1% 25 0.3% 21 525.0 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1932.4 1939.0 6.6 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