Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Gastonia city GEOCODE:37-0990 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 47,285 100.0% 54,732 100.0% 7,447 15.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 42,171 89.2% 47,001 85.9% 4,830 11.5 -3.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 476 1.0% 1,084 2.0% 608 127.7 1.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 36,567 77.3% 40,513 74.0% 3,946 10.8 -3.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 10,454 22.1% 13,601 24.9% 3,147 30.1 2.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 139 0.3% 320 0.6% 181 130.2 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 54 0.1% 149 0.3% 95 175.9 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 374 0.8% 228 0.4% -146 -39.0 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,916 6.2% 3,885 7.1% 969 33.2 0.9 5-17.................. 10,313 21.8% 10,115 18.5% -198 -1.9 -3.3 18-24.................. 5,435 11.5% 5,447 10.0% 12 0.2 -1.5 25-44.................. 12,267 25.9% 16,902 30.9% 4,635 37.8 4.9 45-64.................. 10,514 22.2% 10,479 19.1% -35 -0.3 -3.1 65 AND OVER............ 5,840 12.4% 7,904 14.4% 2,064 35.3 2.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 13,229 28.0% 14,000 25.6% 771 5.8 -2.4 40 AND OVER............ 18,848 39.9% 22,368 40.9% 3,520 18.7 1.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.1 34.0 1.9 6.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,198 $25,910 712 2.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,454 $31,205 1,751 5.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,372 $12,684 1,312 11.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,336 13.6% 7,622 14.2% 1,286 20.3 0.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 17,311 100.0% 20,893 100.0% 3,582 20.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 13,185 76.2% 15,053 72.0% 1,868 14.2 -4.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 7,711 44.5% 9,176 43.9% 1,465 19.0 -0.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 10,037 58.0% 10,809 51.7% 772 7.7 -6.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,702 27.2% 4,585 21.9% -117 -2.5 -5.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,743 15.8% 3,354 16.1% 611 22.3 0.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,446 8.4% 1,829 8.8% 383 26.5 0.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,709 21.4% 5,173 24.8% 1,464 39.5 3.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -5.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 28,621 100.0% 35,285 100.0% 6,664 23.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,392 22.3% 8,401 23.8% 2,009 31.4 1.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,344 11.7% 5,637 16.0% 2,293 68.6 4.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 23,772 100.0% 27,704 100.0% 3,932 16.5 FEMALE................ 11,257 47.4% 13,269 47.9% 2,012 17.9 0.5 EMPLOYED.............. 22,765 95.8% 26,232 94.7% 3,467 15.2 -1.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,972 16.7% 5,745 20.7% 1,773 44.6 4.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,153 9.1% 3,029 10.9% 876 40.7 1.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 17,807 100.0% 22,196 100.0% 4,389 24.6 OCCUPIED.............. 17,196 96.6% 20,983 94.5% 3,787 22.0 -2.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 10,098 58.7% 12,219 58.2% 2,121 21.0 -0.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $61,123 $70,565 9,442 15.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 7,098 41.3% 8,764 41.8% 1,666 23.5 0.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $312 $378 66 21.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 14,048 78.9% 16,478 74.2% 2,430 17.3 -4.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 77 0.4% 97 0.4% 20 26.0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.0 1964.0 8.0 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