Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: West Fargo city GEOCODE:38-1715 ND ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 10,100 100.0% 12,287 100.0% 2,187 21.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,191 91.0% 10,843 88.2% 1,652 18.0 -2.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 9,937 98.4% 12,119 98.6% 2,182 22.0 0.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 0 0.0% 25 0.2% 25 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 53 0.5% 10 0.1% -43 -81.1 -0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 91 0.9% 106 0.9% 15 16.5 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 35 0.3% 58 0.5% 23 65.7 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,097 10.9% 1,029 8.4% -68 -6.2 -2.5 5-17.................. 2,425 24.0% 2,946 24.0% 521 21.5 -0.0 18-24.................. 1,460 14.5% 1,205 9.8% -255 -17.5 -4.6 25-44.................. 3,525 34.9% 4,552 37.0% 1,027 29.1 2.1 45-64.................. 1,151 11.4% 1,848 15.0% 697 60.6 3.6 65 AND OVER............ 442 4.4% 707 5.8% 265 60.0 1.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,522 34.9% 3,975 32.4% 453 12.9 -2.5 40 AND OVER............ 2,168 21.5% 3,473 28.3% 1,306 60.2 6.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.3 29.1 3.9 15.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $33,099 $29,661 -3,438 -10.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $36,416 $33,274 -3,142 -8.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,717 $11,389 -328 -2.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 635 6.3% 911 7.4% 276 43.5 1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,399 100.0% 4,413 100.0% 1,014 29.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,640 77.7% 3,252 73.7% 612 23.2 -4.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,937 57.0% 2,517 57.0% 580 29.9 0.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,304 67.8% 2,736 62.0% 432 18.8 -5.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,544 45.4% 1,654 37.5% 110 7.1 -7.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 279 8.2% 445 10.1% 166 59.5 1.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 203 6.0% 345 7.8% 142 70.0 1.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 619 18.2% 935 21.2% 316 51.1 3.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.8 -0.2 -6.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 5,118 100.0% 7,107 100.0% 1,989 38.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,179 42.6% 2,332 32.8% 153 7.0 -9.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 791 15.5% 1,060 14.9% 269 34.0 -0.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,418 100.0% 7,035 100.0% 1,617 29.8 FEMALE................ 2,287 42.2% 3,316 47.1% 1,029 45.0 4.9 EMPLOYED.............. 5,116 94.4% 6,744 95.9% 1,628 31.8 1.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,028 19.0% 1,264 18.0% 236 23.0 -1.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 765 14.1% 1,149 16.3% 384 50.2 2.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 3,773 100.0% 4,574 100.0% 801 21.2 OCCUPIED.............. 3,437 91.1% 4,430 96.9% 993 28.9 5.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,172 63.2% 2,832 63.9% 660 30.4 0.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $87,727 $65,406 -22,321 -25.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,265 36.8% 1,598 36.1% 333 26.3 -0.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $370 $338 -32 -8.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,068 54.8% 2,597 56.8% 529 25.6 2.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 331 8.8% 413 9.0% 82 24.8 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1972.0 1973.0 1.0 0.0 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