Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Asheville city GEOCODE:37-0095 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 53,583 100.0% 61,654 100.0% 8,071 15.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 44,295 82.7% 47,143 76.5% 2,848 6.4 -6.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,170 2.2% 2,264 3.7% 1,094 93.5 1.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 41,722 77.9% 48,735 79.0% 7,013 16.8 1.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 11,387 21.3% 12,225 19.8% 838 7.4 -1.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 219 0.4% 389 0.6% 170 77.6 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 137 0.3% 155 0.3% 18 13.1 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 388 0.7% 528 0.9% 140 36.1 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,927 5.5% 3,732 6.1% 805 27.5 0.6 5-17.................. 9,472 17.7% 9,027 14.6% -445 -4.7 -3.0 18-24.................. 5,580 10.4% 5,587 9.1% 7 0.1 -1.4 25-44.................. 13,375 25.0% 18,902 30.7% 5,527 41.3 5.7 45-64.................. 12,490 23.3% 11,922 19.3% -568 -4.5 -4.0 65 AND OVER............ 9,739 18.2% 12,484 20.2% 2,745 28.2 2.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 12,399 23.1% 12,759 20.7% 360 2.9 -2.4 40 AND OVER............ 24,782 46.2% 28,451 46.1% 3,669 14.8 -0.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 36.1 37.8 1.7 4.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,527 $22,267 1,740 8.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,364 $28,629 1,265 4.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,158 $13,079 1,921 17.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,757 16.7% 9,442 15.9% 685 7.8 -0.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 21,981 100.0% 26,890 100.0% 4,909 22.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 14,628 66.5% 16,207 60.3% 1,579 10.8 -6.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 7,530 34.3% 8,631 32.1% 1,101 14.6 -2.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 11,168 50.8% 11,610 43.2% 442 4.0 -7.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,447 20.2% 4,356 16.2% -91 -2.0 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,019 13.7% 3,860 14.4% 841 27.9 0.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,482 6.7% 1,869 7.0% 387 26.1 0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 6,713 30.5% 9,413 35.0% 2,700 40.2 4.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.2 -0.2 -7.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 35,604 100.0% 43,308 100.0% 7,704 21.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,041 25.4% 11,519 26.6% 2,478 27.4 1.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 6,194 17.4% 9,955 23.0% 3,761 60.7 5.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 24,735 100.0% 30,086 100.0% 5,351 21.6 FEMALE................ 11,638 47.1% 14,945 49.7% 3,307 28.4 2.6 EMPLOYED.............. 23,060 93.2% 28,410 94.4% 5,350 23.2 1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,516 22.3% 7,856 26.1% 2,340 42.4 3.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,051 16.4% 4,582 15.2% 531 13.1 -1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 23,160 100.0% 29,683 100.0% 6,523 28.2 OCCUPIED.............. 21,821 94.2% 26,997 91.0% 5,176 23.7 -3.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 13,161 60.3% 15,267 56.6% 2,106 16.0 -3.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $60,041 $70,252 10,211 17.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 8,660 39.7% 11,730 43.4% 3,070 35.5 3.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $282 $365 83 29.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 16,059 69.3% 18,548 62.5% 2,489 15.5 -6.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 289 1.2% 1,074 3.6% 785 271.6 2.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1949.6 1958.0 8.4 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