Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Pittsburgh city GEOCODE:42-7234 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 423,938 100.0% 369,879 100.0% -54,059 -12.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 331,939 78.3% 270,236 73.1% -61,703 -18.6 -5.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 18,441 4.3% 20,579 5.6% 2,138 11.6 1.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 318,287 75.1% 266,636 72.1% -51,651 -16.2 -3.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 101,549 24.0% 95,635 25.9% -5,914 -5.8 1.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 2,818 0.7% 5,780 1.6% 2,962 105.1 0.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 584 0.1% 662 0.2% 78 13.4 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 3,370 0.8% 3,415 0.9% 45 1.3 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 22,383 5.3% 22,665 6.1% 282 1.3 0.8 5-17.................. 68,445 16.1% 50,875 13.8% -17,570 -25.7 -2.4 18-24.................. 67,033 15.8% 50,726 13.7% -16,307 -24.3 -2.1 25-44.................. 102,801 24.2% 112,137 30.3% 9,336 9.1 6.1 45-64.................. 95,433 22.5% 67,198 18.2% -28,235 -29.6 -4.3 65 AND OVER............ 67,843 16.0% 66,278 17.9% -1,565 -2.3 1.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 90,828 21.4% 73,540 19.9% -17,288 -19.0 -1.5 40 AND OVER............ 181,422 42.8% 155,333 42.0% -26,089 -14.4 -0.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.8 34.6 1.8 5.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,901 $20,747 -2,154 -9.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,888 $27,484 -2,404 -8.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,691 $12,580 889 7.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 67,285 16.5% 75,172 21.4% 7,887 11.7 4.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 166,399 100.0% 153,607 100.0% -12,792 -7.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 104,130 62.6% 88,044 57.3% -16,086 -15.4 -5.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 46,990 28.2% 40,976 26.7% -6,014 -12.8 -1.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 73,843 44.4% 56,943 37.1% -16,900 -22.9 -7.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 29,788 17.9% 21,277 13.9% -8,511 -28.6 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 25,176 15.1% 26,057 17.0% 881 3.5 1.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 12,523 7.5% 12,903 8.4% 380 3.0 0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 54,001 32.5% 55,544 36.2% 1,543 2.9 3.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.2 -6.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 266,077 100.0% 245,613 100.0% -20,464 -7.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 95,563 35.9% 84,929 34.6% -10,634 -11.1 -1.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 38,866 14.6% 49,414 20.1% 10,548 27.1 5.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 187,941 100.0% 169,399 100.0% -18,542 -9.9 FEMALE................ 84,613 45.0% 82,273 48.6% -2,340 -2.8 3.5 EMPLOYED.............. 170,591 90.8% 153,991 90.9% -16,600 -9.7 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 38,874 20.7% 43,485 25.7% 4,611 11.9 5.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 31,874 17.0% 28,484 16.8% -3,390 -10.6 -0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 179,146 100.0% 170,159 100.0% -8,987 -5.0 OCCUPIED.............. 166,067 92.7% 153,483 90.2% -12,584 -7.6 -2.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 84,968 51.2% 80,168 52.2% -4,800 -5.6 1.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $58,598 $54,199 -4,399 -7.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 81,099 48.8% 73,315 47.8% -7,784 -9.6 -1.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $343 $368 25 7.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 95,651 53.4% 97,804 57.5% 2,153 2.3 4.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 295 0.2% 422 0.2% 127 43.1 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1934.5 1939.0 4.5 0.2 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