Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Pottsville city GEOCODE:42-7344 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,179 100.0% 16,603 100.0% -1,576 -8.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 15,398 84.7% 13,475 81.2% -1,923 -12.5 -3.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 416 2.3% 457 2.8% 41 9.9 0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 17,708 97.4% 16,168 97.4% -1,540 -8.7 -0.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 293 1.6% 254 1.5% -39 -13.3 -0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 142 0.8% 97 0.6% -45 -31.7 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 21 0.1% 41 0.2% 20 95.2 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 165 0.9% 117 0.7% -48 -29.1 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 986 5.4% 1,115 6.7% 129 13.1 1.3 5-17.................. 3,489 19.2% 2,806 16.9% -683 -19.6 -2.3 18-24.................. 1,967 10.8% 1,479 8.9% -488 -24.8 -1.9 25-44.................. 3,987 21.9% 4,661 28.1% 674 16.9 6.1 45-64.................. 4,419 24.3% 3,244 19.5% -1,175 -26.6 -4.8 65 AND OVER............ 3,331 18.3% 3,298 19.9% -33 -1.0 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,475 24.6% 3,921 23.6% -554 -12.4 -1.0 40 AND OVER............ 8,608 47.3% 7,667 46.2% -941 -10.9 -1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 37.2 36.8 -0.4 -0.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,522 $21,135 613 3.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,003 $27,513 510 1.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,248 $11,523 1,275 12.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,485 13.9% 2,478 15.4% -7 -0.3 1.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,889 100.0% 6,760 100.0% -129 -1.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,711 68.4% 4,388 64.9% -323 -6.9 -3.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,189 31.8% 2,233 33.0% 44 2.0 1.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,811 55.3% 3,263 48.3% -548 -14.4 -7.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,713 24.9% 1,397 20.7% -316 -18.4 -4.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 748 10.9% 898 13.3% 150 20.1 2.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 349 5.1% 456 6.7% 107 30.7 1.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,034 29.5% 2,169 32.1% 135 6.6 2.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -7.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,737 100.0% 11,203 100.0% -534 -4.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,676 39.8% 4,836 43.2% 160 3.4 3.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,060 9.0% 1,359 12.1% 299 28.2 3.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,481 100.0% 7,427 100.0% -54 -0.7 FEMALE................ 3,170 42.4% 3,387 45.6% 217 6.8 3.2 EMPLOYED.............. 6,785 90.7% 6,890 92.8% 105 1.5 2.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,371 18.3% 1,363 18.4% -8 -0.6 0.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 884 11.8% 1,043 14.0% 159 18.0 2.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,416 100.0% 7,306 100.0% -110 -1.5 OCCUPIED.............. 6,936 93.5% 6,741 92.3% -195 -2.8 -1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,465 64.4% 4,270 63.3% -195 -4.4 -1.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $44,670 $47,783 3,113 7.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,471 35.6% 2,471 36.7% 0 0.0 1.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $257 $270 13 5.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,121 69.1% 5,080 69.5% -41 -0.8 0.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 3 0.0% 20 0.3% 17 566.7 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1931.9 1939.0 7.1 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