Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fargo city GEOCODE:38-0545 ND ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 61,383 100.0% 74,115 100.0% 12,732 20.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 45,429 74.0% 53,053 71.6% 7,624 16.8 -2.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,138 6.7% 4,053 5.5% -85 -2.1 -1.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 60,325 98.3% 72,231 97.5% 11,906 19.7 -0.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 65 0.1% 269 0.4% 204 313.8 0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 302 0.5% 760 1.0% 458 151.7 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 533 0.9% 772 1.0% 239 44.8 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 301 0.5% 492 0.7% 191 63.5 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,319 7.0% 5,280 7.1% 961 22.3 0.1 5-17.................. 9,817 16.0% 11,301 15.2% 1,484 15.1 -0.7 18-24.................. 13,825 22.5% 13,465 18.2% -360 -2.6 -4.4 25-44.................. 17,610 28.7% 25,911 35.0% 8,301 47.1 6.3 45-64.................. 9,775 15.9% 10,701 14.4% 926 9.5 -1.5 65 AND OVER............ 6,037 9.8% 7,457 10.1% 1,420 23.5 0.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 14,136 23.0% 16,581 22.4% 2,445 17.3 -0.7 40 AND OVER............ 18,581 30.3% 23,164 31.3% 4,583 24.7 1.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.8 29.6 2.8 10.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,147 $25,326 -3,821 -13.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $37,716 $34,269 -3,447 -9.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,579 $13,554 -25 -0.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,614 9.7% 9,603 13.7% 3,989 71.1 4.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 23,663 100.0% 30,340 100.0% 6,677 28.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 14,542 61.5% 17,681 58.3% 3,139 21.6 -3.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 9,374 39.6% 12,272 40.4% 2,898 30.9 0.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 12,518 52.9% 14,743 48.6% 2,225 17.8 -4.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 6,390 27.0% 7,406 24.4% 1,016 15.9 -2.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,636 6.9% 2,304 7.6% 668 40.8 0.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,018 4.3% 1,523 5.0% 505 49.6 0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 7,074 29.9% 9,416 31.0% 2,342 33.1 1.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -4.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 33,422 100.0% 44,069 100.0% 10,647 31.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,970 29.8% 10,301 23.4% 331 3.3 -6.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 8,570 25.6% 13,327 30.2% 4,757 55.5 4.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 33,249 100.0% 42,018 100.0% 8,769 26.4 FEMALE................ 15,102 45.4% 20,136 47.9% 5,034 33.3 2.5 EMPLOYED.............. 31,250 94.0% 40,254 95.8% 9,004 28.8 1.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 8,299 25.0% 11,848 28.2% 3,549 42.8 3.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,710 14.2% 6,148 14.6% 1,438 30.5 0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 25,215 100.0% 31,707 100.0% 6,492 25.7 OCCUPIED.............. 23,602 93.6% 30,145 95.1% 6,543 27.7 1.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 12,600 53.4% 14,497 48.1% 1,897 15.1 -5.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $93,936 $79,975 -13,961 -14.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 11,002 46.6% 15,648 51.9% 4,646 42.2 5.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $362 $355 -7 -1.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 11,715 46.5% 14,190 44.8% 2,475 21.1 -1.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,028 4.1% 1,139 3.6% 111 10.8 -0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.4 1971.0 10.6 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