Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Lorain city GEOCODE:39-2285 OH ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 75,416 100.0% 71,245 100.0% -4,171 -5.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 67,687 89.8% 62,377 87.6% -5,310 -7.8 -2.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 739 1.0% 760 1.1% 21 2.8 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 59,861 79.4% 55,822 78.4% -4,039 -6.7 -1.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 8,892 11.8% 9,786 13.7% 894 10.1 1.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 432 0.6% 135 0.2% -297 -68.8 -0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 255 0.3% 288 0.4% 33 12.9 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 10,889 14.4% 11,987 16.8% 1,098 10.1 2.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 6,423 8.5% 5,736 8.1% -687 -10.7 -0.5 5-17.................. 17,291 22.9% 14,876 20.9% -2,415 -14.0 -2.0 18-24.................. 9,881 13.1% 6,567 9.2% -3,314 -33.5 -3.9 25-44.................. 18,970 25.2% 21,375 30.0% 2,405 12.7 4.8 45-64.................. 15,244 20.2% 13,173 18.5% -2,071 -13.6 -1.7 65 AND OVER............ 7,607 10.1% 9,518 13.4% 1,911 25.1 3.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 23,714 31.4% 20,612 28.9% -3,102 -13.1 -2.5 40 AND OVER............ 26,534 35.2% 27,146 38.1% 613 2.3 2.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.3 32.2 3.9 13.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $30,734 $24,123 -6,611 -21.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,617 $29,304 -6,313 -17.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,490 $10,676 -814 -7.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 10,026 13.4% 13,980 19.8% 3,954 39.4 6.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 25,847 100.0% 26,185 100.0% 338 1.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 19,592 75.8% 19,008 72.6% -584 -3.0 -3.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 9,067 35.1% 9,080 34.7% 13 0.1 -0.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 15,634 60.5% 13,861 52.9% -1,773 -11.3 -7.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 8,255 31.9% 6,472 24.7% -1,783 -21.6 -7.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,216 12.4% 4,181 16.0% 965 30.0 3.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,011 7.8% 2,677 10.2% 666 33.1 2.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,661 21.9% 6,395 24.4% 734 13.0 2.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.7 -0.2 -6.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 41,821 100.0% 44,066 100.0% 2,245 5.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 16,863 40.3% 16,816 38.2% -47 -0.3 -2.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,148 7.5% 3,378 7.7% 230 7.3 0.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 31,686 100.0% 30,622 100.0% -1,064 -3.4 FEMALE................ 12,447 39.3% 13,868 45.3% 1,421 11.4 6.0 EMPLOYED.............. 28,089 88.6% 27,762 90.7% -327 -1.2 2.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,456 14.1% 4,801 15.7% 345 7.7 1.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,643 11.5% 4,497 14.7% 854 23.4 3.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 27,588 100.0% 27,544 100.0% -44 -0.2 OCCUPIED.............. 25,999 94.2% 26,198 95.1% 199 0.8 0.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 17,017 65.5% 16,003 61.1% -1,014 -6.0 -4.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $73,696 $57,064 -16,632 -22.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 8,982 34.5% 10,195 38.9% 1,213 13.5 4.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $355 $363 8 2.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 19,013 68.9% 18,690 67.9% -323 -1.7 -1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 368 1.3% 336 1.2% -32 -8.7 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.1 1956.0 1.9 0.1 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