Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Winston-Salem city GEOCODE:37-2785 NC ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 131,885 100.0% 143,485 100.0% 11,600 8.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 105,975 80.4% 109,279 76.2% 3,304 3.1 -4.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 6,185 4.7% 7,244 5.0% 1,059 17.1 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 78,025 59.2% 85,274 59.4% 7,249 9.3 0.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 52,956 40.2% 56,428 39.3% 3,472 6.6 -0.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 476 0.4% 1,207 0.8% 731 153.6 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 260 0.2% 245 0.2% -15 -5.8 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,055 0.8% 1,026 0.7% -29 -2.7 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 7,632 5.8% 9,543 6.7% 1,911 25.0 0.9 5-17.................. 25,834 19.6% 21,718 15.1% -4,116 -15.9 -4.5 18-24.................. 20,568 15.6% 18,295 12.8% -2,273 -11.1 -2.8 25-44.................. 34,736 26.3% 46,891 32.7% 12,155 35.0 6.3 45-64.................. 27,255 20.7% 26,862 18.7% -393 -1.4 -1.9 65 AND OVER............ 15,860 12.0% 20,176 14.1% 4,316 27.2 2.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 33,466 25.4% 31,261 21.8% -2,205 -6.6 -3.6 40 AND OVER............ 49,955 37.9% 56,273 39.2% 6,319 12.6 1.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.1 33.3 3.2 10.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,096 $26,488 2,392 9.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,324 $34,007 3,683 12.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,518 $15,696 3,178 25.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 20,617 16.4% 20,713 15.2% 96 0.5 -1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 50,425 100.0% 59,713 100.0% 9,288 18.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 33,477 66.4% 36,422 61.0% 2,945 8.8 -5.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 17,641 35.0% 21,220 35.5% 3,579 20.3 0.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 24,001 47.6% 25,172 42.2% 1,171 4.9 -5.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 10,588 21.0% 10,067 16.9% -521 -4.9 -4.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 8,370 16.6% 9,625 16.1% 1,255 15.0 -0.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 4,911 9.7% 5,288 8.9% 377 7.7 -0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 14,759 29.3% 20,232 33.9% 5,473 37.1 4.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.2 -8.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 77,851 100.0% 93,929 100.0% 16,078 20.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 19,324 24.8% 24,195 25.8% 4,871 25.2 0.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 17,052 21.9% 25,590 27.2% 8,538 50.1 5.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 63,156 100.0% 74,269 100.0% 11,113 17.6 FEMALE................ 30,659 48.5% 37,850 51.0% 7,191 23.5 2.4 EMPLOYED.............. 59,205 93.7% 69,563 93.7% 10,358 17.5 -0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 15,446 24.5% 20,888 28.1% 5,442 35.2 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 9,094 14.4% 10,264 13.8% 1,170 12.9 -0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 53,572 100.0% 65,631 100.0% 12,059 22.5 OCCUPIED.............. 50,338 94.0% 59,919 91.3% 9,581 19.0 -2.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 26,405 52.5% 31,071 51.9% 4,666 17.7 -0.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $75,442 $90,790 15,348 20.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 23,933 47.5% 28,848 48.1% 4,915 20.5 0.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $330 $385 55 16.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 36,521 68.2% 40,868 62.3% 4,347 11.9 -5.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 468 0.9% 656 1.0% 188 40.2 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.5 1964.0 7.5 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