Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: New Bern city GEOCODE:37-1770 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,557 100.0% 17,363 100.0% 2,806 19.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,219 83.9% 13,884 80.0% 1,665 13.6 -4.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 85 0.6% 438 2.5% 353 415.3 1.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 8,166 56.1% 9,666 55.7% 1,500 18.4 -0.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 6,295 43.2% 7,500 43.2% 1,205 19.1 -0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 42 0.3% 67 0.4% 25 59.5 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 20 0.1% 63 0.4% 43 215.0 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 82 0.6% 152 0.9% 70 85.4 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,109 7.6% 1,357 7.8% 248 22.4 0.2 5-17.................. 2,965 20.4% 3,189 18.4% 224 7.6 -2.0 18-24.................. 1,741 12.0% 1,577 9.1% -164 -9.4 -2.9 25-44.................. 3,668 25.2% 5,226 30.1% 1,558 42.5 4.9 45-64.................. 3,106 21.3% 3,103 17.9% -3 -0.1 -3.5 65 AND OVER............ 1,968 13.5% 2,911 16.8% 943 47.9 3.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,074 28.0% 4,546 26.2% 472 11.6 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 5,719 39.3% 7,019 40.4% 1,301 22.7 1.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.4 33.5 3.1 10.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $18,962 $19,894 932 4.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,184 $25,102 918 3.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,614 $10,893 1,279 13.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,007 27.7% 3,926 23.2% -81 -2.0 -4.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,881 100.0% 7,288 100.0% 1,407 23.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,848 65.4% 4,618 63.4% 770 20.0 -2.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,812 30.8% 2,451 33.6% 639 35.3 2.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,656 45.2% 3,166 43.4% 510 19.2 -1.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,142 19.4% 1,309 18.0% 167 14.6 -1.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,092 18.6% 1,274 17.5% 182 16.7 -1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 710 12.1% 872 12.0% 162 22.8 -0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,836 31.2% 2,371 32.5% 535 29.1 1.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.1 -5.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,742 100.0% 11,240 100.0% 2,498 28.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,393 27.4% 3,186 28.3% 793 33.1 1.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,047 12.0% 1,797 16.0% 750 71.6 4.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,273 100.0% 7,687 100.0% 1,414 22.5 FEMALE................ 3,016 48.1% 3,879 50.5% 863 28.6 2.4 EMPLOYED.............. 5,780 92.1% 7,259 94.4% 1,479 25.6 2.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,347 21.5% 1,591 20.7% 244 18.1 -0.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 868 13.8% 1,236 16.1% 368 42.4 2.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,388 100.0% 8,024 100.0% 1,636 25.6 OCCUPIED.............. 5,863 91.8% 7,264 90.5% 1,401 23.9 -1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,985 50.9% 3,689 50.8% 704 23.6 -0.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $58,158 $66,160 8,003 13.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,878 49.1% 3,575 49.2% 697 24.2 0.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $289 $335 46 16.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,006 62.7% 4,631 57.7% 625 15.6 -5.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 346 5.4% 575 7.2% 229 66.2 1.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.2 1964.0 11.8 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