Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Elmira city GEOCODE:36-1105 NY ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 35,327 100.0% 33,724 100.0% -1,603 -4.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 27,194 77.0% 25,340 75.1% -1,854 -6.8 -1.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,022 8.6% 3,211 9.5% 189 6.3 1.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 31,269 88.5% 28,862 85.6% -2,407 -7.7 -2.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,483 9.9% 4,132 12.3% 649 18.6 2.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 107 0.3% 141 0.4% 34 31.8 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 122 0.3% 110 0.3% -12 -9.8 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 607 1.7% 864 2.6% 257 42.3 0.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,552 7.2% 2,872 8.5% 320 12.5 1.3 5-17.................. 6,941 19.6% 5,998 17.8% -943 -13.6 -1.9 18-24.................. 6,191 17.5% 4,723 14.0% -1,468 -23.7 -3.5 25-44.................. 7,734 21.9% 9,925 29.4% 2,191 28.3 7.5 45-64.................. 6,782 19.2% 5,171 15.3% -1,611 -23.8 -3.9 65 AND OVER............ 5,127 14.5% 5,035 14.9% -92 -1.8 0.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,493 26.9% 8,870 26.3% -623 -6.6 -0.6 40 AND OVER............ 13,300 37.6% 12,220 36.2% -1,080 -8.1 -1.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.4 30.7 2.3 8.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,419 $18,548 -1,871 -9.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,105 $24,567 -1,538 -5.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,815 $9,489 674 7.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,688 17.5% 6,739 22.2% 1,051 18.5 4.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 12,518 100.0% 12,277 100.0% -241 -1.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,035 64.2% 7,779 63.4% -256 -3.2 -0.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,643 29.1% 3,895 31.7% 252 6.9 2.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,866 46.9% 5,216 42.5% -650 -11.1 -4.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,890 23.1% 2,501 20.4% -389 -13.5 -2.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,749 14.0% 2,120 17.3% 371 21.2 3.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,145 9.1% 1,371 11.2% 226 19.7 2.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,970 31.7% 3,976 32.4% 6 0.2 0.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 19,643 100.0% 20,131 100.0% 488 2.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,956 40.5% 7,354 36.5% -602 -7.6 -4.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,024 10.3% 2,228 11.1% 204 10.1 0.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 14,125 100.0% 14,071 100.0% -54 -0.4 FEMALE................ 6,303 44.6% 6,934 49.3% 631 10.0 4.7 EMPLOYED.............. 12,394 87.7% 12,530 89.0% 136 1.1 1.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,699 19.1% 2,633 18.7% -66 -2.4 -0.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,391 16.9% 2,682 19.1% 291 12.2 2.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 13,691 100.0% 13,301 100.0% -390 -2.8 OCCUPIED.............. 12,690 92.7% 12,428 93.4% -262 -2.1 0.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,381 50.3% 5,972 48.1% -409 -6.4 -2.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $48,661 $47,181 -1,479 -3.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,309 49.7% 6,456 51.9% 147 2.3 2.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $298 $343 45 15.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,154 52.3% 6,423 48.3% -731 -10.2 -4.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 10 0.1% 7 0.1% -3 -30.0 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1932.1 1939.0 6.9 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