Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Elizabeth City city GEOCODE:37-0805 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,004 100.0% 14,279 100.0% 275 2.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,163 79.7% 10,913 76.4% -250 -2.2 -3.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,079 7.7% 1,351 9.5% 272 25.2 1.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 7,448 53.2% 6,739 47.2% -709 -9.5 -6.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 6,446 46.0% 7,500 52.5% 1,054 16.4 6.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 97 0.7% 15 0.1% -82 -84.5 -0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 20 0.1% 20 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 144 1.0% 71 0.5% -73 -50.7 -0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 880 6.3% 1,084 7.6% 204 23.2 1.3 5-17.................. 2,487 17.8% 2,567 18.0% 80 3.2 0.2 18-24.................. 2,628 18.8% 2,056 14.4% -572 -21.8 -4.4 25-44.................. 3,032 21.7% 3,787 26.5% 755 24.9 4.9 45-64.................. 2,846 20.3% 2,278 16.0% -568 -20.0 -4.4 65 AND OVER............ 2,131 15.2% 2,507 17.6% 376 17.6 2.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,367 24.0% 3,651 25.6% 284 8.4 1.5 40 AND OVER............ 5,548 39.6% 5,489 38.4% -59 -1.1 -1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.5 31.9 2.4 8.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $18,826 $16,305 -2,521 -13.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $23,968 $20,420 -3,548 -14.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,042 $8,854 -188 -2.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,721 21.1% 3,643 28.2% 922 33.9 7.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,071 100.0% 5,413 100.0% 342 6.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,482 68.7% 3,572 66.0% 90 2.6 -2.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,757 34.6% 1,513 28.0% -244 -13.9 -6.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,649 52.2% 2,348 43.4% -301 -11.4 -8.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,168 23.0% 922 17.0% -246 -21.1 -6.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 752 14.8% 1,049 19.4% 297 39.5 4.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 407 8.0% 712 13.2% 305 74.9 5.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,444 28.5% 1,677 31.0% 233 16.1 2.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.2 -6.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,009 100.0% 8,572 100.0% 563 7.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,634 20.4% 2,109 24.6% 475 29.1 4.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,311 16.4% 1,273 14.9% -38 -2.9 -1.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,587 100.0% 5,507 100.0% -80 -1.4 FEMALE................ 2,608 46.7% 2,774 50.4% 166 6.4 3.7 EMPLOYED.............. 5,094 91.2% 5,034 91.4% -60 -1.2 0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,336 23.9% 1,115 20.2% -221 -16.5 -3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 920 16.5% 962 17.5% 42 4.6 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,390 100.0% 5,791 100.0% 401 7.4 OCCUPIED.............. 5,054 93.8% 5,329 92.0% 275 5.4 -1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,759 54.6% 2,638 49.5% -121 -4.4 -5.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $54,195 $61,198 7,003 12.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,295 45.4% 2,691 50.5% 396 17.3 5.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $303 $346 43 14.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,994 74.1% 3,851 66.5% -143 -3.6 -7.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 88 1.6% 122 2.1% 34 38.6 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1948.5 1961.0 12.5 0.6 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