Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Charlotte city GEOCODE:37-0480 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 314,447 100.0% 396,003 100.0% 81,556 25.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 267,334 85.0% 320,987 81.1% 53,653 20.1 -4.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,979 1.3% 5,945 1.5% 1,966 49.4 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 212,293 67.5% 259,710 65.6% 47,417 22.3 -1.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 97,896 31.1% 126,128 31.9% 28,232 28.8 0.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 2,393 0.8% 6,686 1.7% 4,293 179.4 0.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,162 0.4% 1,529 0.4% 367 31.6 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 3,091 1.0% 5,261 1.3% 2,170 70.2 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 21,019 6.7% 29,747 7.5% 8,728 41.5 0.8 5-17.................. 66,329 21.1% 66,338 16.8% 9 0.0 -4.3 18-24.................. 42,094 13.4% 42,024 10.6% -70 -0.2 -2.8 25-44.................. 98,082 31.2% 147,839 37.3% 49,757 50.7 6.1 45-64.................. 59,805 19.0% 71,416 18.0% 11,611 19.4 -1.0 65 AND OVER............ 27,118 8.6% 38,639 9.8% 11,521 42.5 1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 87,348 27.8% 96,085 24.3% 8,737 10.0 -3.5 40 AND OVER............ 105,648 33.6% 139,412 35.2% 33,765 32.0 1.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.3 32.1 2.8 9.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $28,894 $31,873 2,979 10.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,601 $38,553 3,952 11.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,357 $16,793 3,436 25.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 38,343 12.4% 42,312 10.8% 3,969 10.4 -1.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 118,438 100.0% 158,946 100.0% 40,508 34.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 83,164 70.2% 103,442 65.1% 20,278 24.4 -5.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 49,895 42.1% 66,889 42.1% 16,994 34.1 -0.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 63,429 53.6% 76,751 48.3% 13,322 21.0 -5.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 32,156 27.2% 34,856 21.9% 2,700 8.4 -5.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 16,749 14.1% 22,063 13.9% 5,314 31.7 -0.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 10,515 8.9% 12,269 7.7% 1,754 16.7 -1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 29,082 24.6% 44,326 27.9% 15,244 52.4 3.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.2 -6.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 185,005 100.0% 257,894 100.0% 72,889 39.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 49,442 26.7% 58,388 22.6% 8,946 18.1 -4.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 41,362 22.4% 73,124 28.4% 31,762 76.8 6.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 168,501 100.0% 226,128 100.0% 57,627 34.2 FEMALE................ 78,089 46.3% 108,397 47.9% 30,308 38.8 1.6 EMPLOYED.............. 161,107 95.6% 216,696 95.8% 55,589 34.5 0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 41,037 24.4% 62,264 27.5% 21,227 51.7 3.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 18,924 11.2% 25,801 11.4% 6,877 36.3 0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 124,034 100.0% 170,406 100.0% 46,372 37.4 OCCUPIED.............. 117,817 95.0% 158,972 93.3% 41,155 34.9 -1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 64,496 54.7% 87,425 55.0% 22,929 35.6 0.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $85,882 $105,185 19,303 22.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 53,321 45.3% 71,547 45.0% 18,226 34.2 -0.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $389 $462 73 18.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 79,271 63.9% 101,937 59.8% 22,666 28.6 -4.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,143 0.9% 1,762 1.0% 619 54.2 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1962.2 1970.0 7.8 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