Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Erie city GEOCODE:42-3685 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 119,123 100.0% 108,718 100.0% -10,405 -8.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 99,856 83.8% 86,279 79.4% -13,577 -13.6 -4.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,250 2.7% 4,519 4.2% 1,269 39.0 1.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 106,550 89.4% 93,703 86.2% -12,847 -12.1 -3.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 11,485 9.6% 13,279 12.2% 1,794 15.6 2.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 442 0.4% 421 0.4% -21 -4.8 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 214 0.2% 238 0.2% 24 11.2 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,272 1.1% 2,347 2.2% 1,075 84.5 1.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 9,046 7.6% 8,535 7.9% -511 -5.6 0.3 5-17.................. 23,282 19.5% 18,892 17.4% -4,390 -18.9 -2.2 18-24.................. 17,583 14.8% 13,132 12.1% -4,451 -25.3 -2.7 25-44.................. 28,483 23.9% 32,421 29.8% 3,938 13.8 5.9 45-64.................. 24,796 20.8% 18,257 16.8% -6,539 -26.4 -4.0 65 AND OVER............ 15,933 13.4% 17,481 16.1% 1,548 9.7 2.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 32,328 27.1% 27,427 25.2% -4,901 -15.2 -1.9 40 AND OVER............ 45,720 38.4% 42,051 38.7% -3,669 -8.0 0.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.6 32.7 3.1 10.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,149 $22,032 -3,117 -12.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,947 $27,725 -3,222 -10.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,620 $10,715 95 0.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 15,572 13.4% 20,192 19.3% 4,620 29.7 5.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 43,534 100.0% 42,113 100.0% -1,421 -3.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 30,034 69.0% 26,969 64.0% -3,065 -10.2 -5.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 15,135 34.8% 13,971 33.2% -1,164 -7.7 -1.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 23,380 53.7% 19,129 45.4% -4,251 -18.2 -8.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 11,272 25.9% 8,315 19.7% -2,957 -26.2 -6.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 5,440 12.5% 6,513 15.5% 1,073 19.7 3.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 3,151 7.2% 3,973 9.4% 822 26.1 2.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 11,688 26.8% 12,939 30.7% 1,251 10.7 3.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -7.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 69,212 100.0% 68,159 100.0% -1,053 -1.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 29,768 43.0% 27,304 40.1% -2,464 -8.3 -3.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 7,826 11.3% 9,535 14.0% 1,709 21.8 2.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 53,211 100.0% 50,550 100.0% -2,661 -5.0 FEMALE................ 23,089 43.4% 23,837 47.2% 748 3.2 3.8 EMPLOYED.............. 48,922 91.9% 46,064 91.1% -2,858 -5.8 -0.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 8,628 16.2% 10,184 20.1% 1,556 18.0 3.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 7,576 14.2% 7,894 15.6% 318 4.2 1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 46,833 100.0% 45,424 100.0% -1,409 -3.0 OCCUPIED.............. 43,639 93.2% 42,131 92.8% -1,508 -3.5 -0.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 25,621 58.7% 23,838 56.6% -1,783 -7.0 -2.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $57,918 $47,656 -10,261 -17.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 18,018 41.3% 18,293 43.4% 275 1.5 2.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $327 $314 -13 -3.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 27,383 58.5% 25,767 56.7% -1,616 -5.9 -1.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 6 0.0% 41 0.1% 35 583.3 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1938.2 1941.0 2.8 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