Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Philadelphia city GEOCODE:42-7180 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 1,688,210 100.0% 1,585,577 100.0% -102633 -6.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 1,410,554 83.6% 1,280,198 80.7% -130356 -9.2 -2.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 36,621 2.2% 43,963 2.8% 7,342 20.0 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 988,337 58.5% 848,894 53.5% -139443 -14.1 -5.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 638,788 37.8% 632,430 39.9% -6,358 -1.0 2.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 19,950 1.2% 43,174 2.7% 23,224 116.4 1.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 2,799 0.2% 3,325 0.2% 526 18.8 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 64,323 3.8% 84,186 5.3% 19,863 30.9 1.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 107,673 6.4% 115,678 7.3% 8,005 7.4 0.9 5-17.................. 329,844 19.5% 263,609 16.6% -66,235 -20.1 -2.9 18-24.................. 224,264 13.3% 181,457 11.4% -42,807 -19.1 -1.8 25-44.................. 426,321 25.3% 488,588 30.8% 62,267 14.6 5.6 45-64.................. 363,157 21.5% 295,039 18.6% -68,118 -18.8 -2.9 65 AND OVER............ 236,951 14.0% 241,206 15.2% 4,255 1.8 1.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 437,517 25.9% 379,287 23.9% -58,230 -13.3 -2.0 40 AND OVER............ 684,446 40.5% 634,574 40.0% -49,872 -7.3 -0.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.8 33.4 1.6 5.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,493 $24,603 2,110 9.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,991 $30,140 2,149 7.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,339 $12,091 1,752 17.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 340,517 20.6% 313,374 20.3% -27,143 -8.0 -0.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 620,639 100.0% 600,740 100.0% -19,899 -3.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 415,891 67.0% 381,339 63.5% -34,552 -8.3 -3.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 177,108 28.5% 184,877 30.8% 7,769 4.4 2.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 280,619 45.2% 234,062 39.0% -46,557 -16.6 -6.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 125,094 20.2% 97,097 16.2% -27,997 -22.4 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 113,489 18.3% 121,135 20.2% 7,646 6.7 1.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 62,216 10.0% 59,170 9.8% -3,046 -4.9 -0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 178,258 28.7% 187,919 31.3% 9,661 5.4 2.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -3.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 1,026,429 100.0% 1,024,833 100.0% -1,596 -0.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 348,100 33.9% 337,638 32.9% -10,462 -3.0 -1.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 113,721 11.1% 156,027 15.2% 42,306 37.2 4.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 705,305 100.0% 721,621 100.0% 16,316 2.3 FEMALE................ 318,745 45.2% 350,590 48.6% 31,845 10.0 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 624,706 88.6% 651,621 90.3% 26,915 4.3 1.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 126,399 17.9% 161,640 22.4% 35,241 27.9 4.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 98,158 13.9% 106,201 14.7% 8,043 8.2 0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 685,271 100.0% 674,899 100.0% -10,372 -1.5 OCCUPIED.............. 619,781 90.4% 603,075 89.4% -16,706 -2.7 -1.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 378,129 61.0% 373,940 62.0% -4,189 -1.1 1.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $44,073 $58,468 14,395 32.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 241,652 39.0% 229,135 38.0% -12,517 -5.2 -1.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $344 $452 108 31.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 447,431 65.3% 455,499 67.5% 8,068 1.8 2.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 553 0.1% 273 0.0% -280 -50.6 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1936.2 1939.0 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