Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Raleigh city GEOCODE:37-2020 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 150,255 100.0% 207,951 100.0% 57,696 38.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 108,521 72.2% 144,376 69.4% 35,855 33.0 -2.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 15,177 10.1% 13,923 6.7% -1,254 -8.3 -3.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 106,574 70.9% 144,193 69.3% 37,619 35.3 -1.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 41,241 27.4% 57,236 27.5% 15,995 38.8 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,556 1.0% 5,131 2.5% 3,575 229.8 1.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 209 0.1% 604 0.3% 395 189.0 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,236 0.8% 2,454 1.2% 1,218 98.5 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 7,788 5.2% 12,804 6.2% 5,016 64.4 1.0 5-17.................. 25,779 17.2% 27,783 13.4% 2,004 7.8 -3.8 18-24.................. 31,914 21.2% 36,301 17.5% 4,387 13.7 -3.8 25-44.................. 46,413 30.9% 80,325 38.6% 33,912 73.1 7.7 45-64.................. 25,957 17.3% 32,518 15.6% 6,561 25.3 -1.6 65 AND OVER............ 12,404 8.3% 18,220 8.8% 5,816 46.9 0.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 33,567 22.3% 40,587 19.5% 7,020 20.9 -2.8 40 AND OVER............ 46,582 31.0% 65,946 31.7% 19,364 41.6 0.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.0 30.2 2.3 8.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,074 $32,451 3,377 11.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $37,181 $42,212 5,031 13.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,329 $16,896 3,567 26.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 16,431 12.2% 22,942 11.8% 6,511 39.6 -0.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 54,935 100.0% 85,813 100.0% 30,878 56.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 34,902 63.5% 48,793 56.9% 13,891 39.8 -6.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 21,998 40.0% 32,106 37.4% 10,108 45.9 -2.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 27,272 49.6% 37,262 43.4% 9,990 36.6 -6.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 13,172 24.0% 16,738 19.5% 3,566 27.1 -4.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 6,442 11.7% 9,269 10.8% 2,827 43.9 -0.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 3,873 7.1% 5,448 6.3% 1,575 40.7 -0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 14,982 27.3% 27,409 31.9% 12,427 82.9 4.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.2 -8.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 84,774 100.0% 131,063 100.0% 46,289 54.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 18,680 22.0% 22,966 17.5% 4,286 22.9 -4.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 27,940 33.0% 53,154 40.6% 25,214 90.2 7.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 79,343 100.0% 122,738 100.0% 43,395 54.7 FEMALE................ 37,489 47.2% 59,097 48.1% 21,608 57.6 0.9 EMPLOYED.............. 76,191 96.0% 117,849 96.0% 41,658 54.7 -0.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 24,963 31.5% 41,792 34.0% 16,829 67.4 2.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 9,617 12.1% 13,795 11.2% 4,178 43.4 -0.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 57,831 100.0% 92,643 100.0% 34,812 60.2 OCCUPIED.............. 54,851 94.8% 85,822 92.6% 30,971 56.5 -2.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 26,670 48.6% 40,240 46.9% 13,570 50.9 -1.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $93,771 $115,349 21,577 23.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 28,181 51.4% 45,582 53.1% 17,401 61.7 1.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $404 $479 75 18.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 34,621 59.9% 48,282 52.1% 13,661 39.5 -7.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 475 0.8% 757 0.8% 282 59.4 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1963.3 1974.0 10.7 0.5 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