Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: High Point city GEOCODE:37-1195 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 63,355 100.0% 69,394 100.0% 6,039 9.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 54,856 86.6% 57,715 83.2% 2,859 5.2 -3.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,782 2.8% 1,799 2.6% 17 1.0 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 45,028 71.1% 47,314 68.2% 2,286 5.1 -2.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 17,798 28.1% 21,069 30.4% 3,271 18.4 2.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 237 0.4% 452 0.7% 215 90.7 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 258 0.4% 459 0.7% 201 77.9 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 434 0.7% 441 0.6% 7 1.6 -0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,136 6.5% 5,035 7.3% 899 21.7 0.7 5-17.................. 13,491 21.3% 11,864 17.1% -1,627 -12.1 -4.2 18-24.................. 8,094 12.8% 7,305 10.5% -789 -9.7 -2.2 25-44.................. 16,800 26.5% 22,422 32.3% 5,622 33.5 5.8 45-64.................. 12,585 19.9% 12,994 18.7% 409 3.2 -1.1 65 AND OVER............ 8,249 13.0% 9,774 14.1% 1,525 18.5 1.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 17,627 27.8% 16,899 24.4% -728 -4.1 -3.5 40 AND OVER............ 24,237 38.3% 27,607 39.8% 3,371 13.9 1.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.8 33.7 2.9 9.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,883 $25,035 1,152 4.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,785 $30,643 1,858 6.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,406 $13,324 1,918 16.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,634 14.0% 8,600 12.7% -34 -0.4 -1.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 23,267 100.0% 27,517 100.0% 4,250 18.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 17,213 74.0% 18,972 68.9% 1,759 10.2 -5.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 10,209 43.9% 11,563 42.0% 1,354 13.3 -1.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 13,016 55.9% 13,234 48.1% 218 1.7 -7.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 6,043 26.0% 5,709 20.7% -334 -5.5 -5.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,742 16.1% 4,758 17.3% 1,016 27.2 1.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,394 10.3% 2,955 10.7% 561 23.4 0.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,501 23.6% 7,488 27.2% 1,987 36.1 3.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.2 -7.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 37,634 100.0% 45,190 100.0% 7,556 20.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,299 24.7% 12,334 27.3% 3,035 32.6 2.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,070 13.5% 8,177 18.1% 3,107 61.3 4.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 31,892 100.0% 37,333 100.0% 5,441 17.1 FEMALE................ 15,013 47.1% 18,122 48.5% 3,109 20.7 1.5 EMPLOYED.............. 30,312 95.0% 35,360 94.7% 5,048 16.7 -0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,502 17.3% 7,500 20.1% 1,998 36.3 2.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,314 10.4% 4,043 10.8% 729 22.0 0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 24,283 100.0% 29,427 100.0% 5,144 21.2 OCCUPIED.............. 23,083 95.1% 27,545 93.6% 4,462 19.3 -1.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 12,721 55.1% 14,979 54.4% 2,258 17.8 -0.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $62,737 $79,203 16,466 26.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 10,362 44.9% 12,566 45.6% 2,204 21.3 0.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $317 $390 73 23.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 17,357 71.5% 20,558 69.9% 3,201 18.4 -1.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 39 0.2% 197 0.7% 158 405.1 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.8 1965.0 8.2 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