Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Allentown city GEOCODE:42-0165 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 103,758 100.0% 105,090 100.0% 1,332 1.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 83,489 80.5% 82,128 78.2% -1,361 -1.6 -2.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,854 3.7% 4,136 3.9% 282 7.3 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 97,610 94.1% 90,482 86.1% -7,128 -7.3 -8.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,176 3.1% 5,316 5.1% 2,140 67.4 2.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 726 0.7% 1,522 1.4% 796 109.6 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 125 0.1% 82 0.1% -43 -34.4 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,294 5.1% 11,822 11.2% 6,528 123.3 6.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 6,050 5.8% 7,577 7.2% 1,527 25.2 1.4 5-17.................. 16,990 16.4% 15,407 14.7% -1,583 -9.3 -1.7 18-24.................. 14,975 14.4% 11,905 11.3% -3,070 -20.5 -3.1 25-44.................. 25,544 24.6% 33,521 31.9% 7,977 31.2 7.3 45-64.................. 23,563 22.7% 18,865 18.0% -4,698 -19.9 -4.8 65 AND OVER............ 16,636 16.0% 17,815 17.0% 1,179 7.1 0.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 23,040 22.2% 22,984 21.9% -56 -0.2 -0.3 40 AND OVER............ 45,033 43.4% 42,904 40.8% -2,129 -4.7 -2.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.6 33.9 0.3 0.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,197 $25,983 -214 -0.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,070 $31,972 -1,098 -3.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,185 $12,822 637 5.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 11,640 11.7% 12,999 12.9% 1,359 11.7 1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 41,307 100.0% 42,562 100.0% 1,255 3.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 27,196 65.8% 26,633 62.6% -563 -2.1 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 14,116 34.2% 14,700 34.5% 584 4.1 0.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 21,752 52.7% 19,550 45.9% -2,202 -10.1 -6.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 9,053 21.9% 7,753 18.2% -1,300 -14.4 -3.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 4,475 10.8% 5,410 12.7% 935 20.9 1.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,496 6.0% 2,980 7.0% 484 19.4 1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 12,237 29.6% 13,434 31.6% 1,197 9.8 1.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.4 -0.0 -1.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 65,743 100.0% 70,201 100.0% 4,458 6.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 24,752 37.6% 25,301 36.0% 549 2.2 -1.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 7,155 10.9% 10,717 15.3% 3,562 49.8 4.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 50,285 100.0% 53,156 100.0% 2,871 5.7 FEMALE................ 22,434 44.6% 25,105 47.2% 2,671 11.9 2.6 EMPLOYED.............. 47,564 94.6% 49,821 93.7% 2,257 4.7 -0.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 8,640 17.2% 10,510 19.8% 1,870 21.6 2.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 6,498 12.9% 7,422 14.0% 924 14.2 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 43,734 100.0% 45,636 100.0% 1,902 4.3 OCCUPIED.............. 41,307 94.5% 42,775 93.7% 1,468 3.6 -0.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 24,141 58.4% 24,230 56.6% 89 0.4 -1.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $61,666 $82,520 20,854 33.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 17,166 41.6% 18,545 43.4% 1,379 8.0 1.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $344 $434 90 26.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 26,687 61.0% 27,245 59.7% 558 2.1 -1.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 58 0.1% 80 0.2% 22 37.9 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1937.7 1945.0 7.3 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