Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Wilmington city GEOCODE:37-2755 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 44,000 100.0% 55,530 100.0% 11,530 26.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 35,433 80.5% 41,531 74.8% 6,098 17.2 -5.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,320 3.0% 2,260 4.1% 940 71.2 1.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 26,425 60.1% 36,130 65.1% 9,705 36.7 5.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 17,357 39.4% 18,785 33.8% 1,428 8.2 -5.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 108 0.2% 288 0.5% 180 166.7 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 92 0.2% 200 0.4% 108 117.4 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 385 0.9% 393 0.7% 8 2.1 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,805 6.4% 3,525 6.3% 720 25.7 -0.0 5-17.................. 8,459 19.2% 8,615 15.5% 156 1.8 -3.7 18-24.................. 6,816 15.5% 8,393 15.1% 1,577 23.1 -0.4 25-44.................. 10,721 24.4% 16,428 29.6% 5,707 53.2 5.2 45-64.................. 8,962 20.4% 9,757 17.6% 795 8.9 -2.8 65 AND OVER............ 6,237 14.2% 8,812 15.9% 2,575 41.3 1.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 11,264 25.6% 12,140 21.9% 876 7.8 -3.7 40 AND OVER............ 17,132 38.9% 21,934 39.5% 4,803 28.0 0.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.0 32.9 2.9 9.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $18,467 $20,609 2,142 11.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $23,087 $27,202 4,115 17.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,357 $12,077 1,720 16.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 10,393 24.4% 11,780 22.1% 1,387 13.3 -2.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 17,481 100.0% 23,384 100.0% 5,903 33.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 11,423 65.3% 13,835 59.2% 2,412 21.1 -6.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,940 28.3% 7,062 30.2% 2,122 43.0 1.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,627 43.6% 9,031 38.6% 1,404 18.4 -5.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,049 17.4% 3,490 14.9% 441 14.5 -2.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,259 18.6% 4,199 18.0% 940 28.8 -0.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,106 12.0% 2,388 10.2% 282 13.4 -1.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,112 29.2% 7,693 32.9% 2,581 50.5 3.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.2 -6.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 25,920 100.0% 34,997 100.0% 9,077 35.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,864 26.5% 9,402 26.9% 2,538 37.0 0.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,195 16.2% 7,258 20.7% 3,063 73.0 4.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 19,281 100.0% 27,524 100.0% 8,243 42.8 FEMALE................ 9,188 47.7% 13,692 49.7% 4,504 49.0 2.1 EMPLOYED.............. 17,705 91.8% 25,805 93.8% 8,100 45.7 1.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,916 20.3% 6,362 23.1% 2,446 62.5 2.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,484 18.1% 4,700 17.1% 1,216 34.9 -1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 19,200 100.0% 26,469 100.0% 7,269 37.9 OCCUPIED.............. 17,418 90.7% 23,557 89.0% 6,139 35.2 -1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,214 47.2% 11,099 47.1% 2,885 35.1 -0.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $57,075 $76,416 19,341 33.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 9,204 52.8% 12,458 52.9% 3,254 35.4 0.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $316 $392 76 24.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 12,948 67.4% 14,969 56.6% 2,021 15.6 -10.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 193 1.0% 436 1.6% 243 125.9 0.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1950.3 1962.0 11.7 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