Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Salisbury city GEOCODE:37-2195 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 22,677 100.0% 23,087 100.0% 410 1.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 17,137 75.6% 17,257 74.7% 120 0.7 -0.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,356 10.4% 1,976 8.6% -380 -16.1 -1.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,506 68.4% 14,769 64.0% -737 -4.8 -4.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 7,032 31.0% 8,087 35.0% 1,055 15.0 4.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 86 0.4% 135 0.6% 49 57.0 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 36 0.2% 75 0.3% 39 108.3 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 75 0.3% 93 0.4% 18 24.0 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,143 5.0% 1,494 6.5% 351 30.7 1.4 5-17.................. 3,615 15.9% 3,352 14.5% -263 -7.3 -1.4 18-24.................. 3,482 15.4% 2,912 12.6% -570 -16.4 -2.7 25-44.................. 4,852 21.4% 5,896 25.5% 1,044 21.5 4.1 45-64.................. 5,545 24.5% 4,677 20.3% -868 -15.7 -4.2 65 AND OVER............ 4,040 17.8% 4,756 20.6% 716 17.7 2.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,758 21.0% 4,846 21.0% 88 1.8 0.0 40 AND OVER............ 10,583 46.7% 10,814 46.8% 232 2.2 0.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 36.2 37.3 1.1 3.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,318 $24,081 763 3.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,549 $30,338 1,789 6.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,459 $12,953 1,494 13.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,933 14.5% 3,277 15.6% 344 11.7 1.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,435 100.0% 9,150 100.0% 715 8.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,682 67.4% 5,791 63.3% 109 1.9 -4.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,926 34.7% 2,982 32.6% 56 1.9 -2.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,383 52.0% 4,144 45.3% -239 -5.5 -6.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,709 20.3% 1,370 15.0% -339 -19.8 -5.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,116 13.2% 1,315 14.4% 199 17.8 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 610 7.2% 733 8.0% 123 20.2 0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,460 29.2% 3,019 33.0% 559 22.7 3.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -4.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 14,437 100.0% 15,329 100.0% 892 6.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,021 20.9% 3,965 25.9% 944 31.2 4.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,620 18.1% 3,174 20.7% 554 21.1 2.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,086 100.0% 10,702 100.0% 616 6.1 FEMALE................ 4,753 47.1% 5,220 48.8% 467 9.8 1.7 EMPLOYED.............. 9,513 94.3% 10,240 95.7% 727 7.6 1.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,585 25.6% 2,579 24.1% -6 -0.2 -1.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,418 14.1% 1,725 16.1% 307 21.7 2.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,821 100.0% 9,906 100.0% 1,085 12.3 OCCUPIED.............. 8,398 95.2% 9,162 92.5% 764 9.1 -2.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,909 58.5% 5,169 56.4% 260 5.3 -2.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $65,181 $70,491 5,310 8.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,489 41.5% 3,993 43.6% 504 14.4 2.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $287 $353 66 23.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,389 72.4% 6,680 67.4% 291 4.6 -5.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 92 1.0% 222 2.2% 130 141.3 1.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.8 1958.0 7.2 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