Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Scranton city GEOCODE:42-7698 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 88,117 100.0% 81,805 100.0% -6,312 -7.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 74,245 84.3% 64,076 78.3% -10,169 -13.7 -5.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,937 3.3% 4,268 5.2% 1,331 45.3 1.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 86,742 98.4% 79,526 97.2% -7,216 -8.3 -1.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 877 1.0% 1,208 1.5% 331 37.7 0.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 401 0.5% 885 1.1% 484 120.7 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 14 0.0% 43 0.1% 29 207.1 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 443 0.5% 520 0.6% 77 17.4 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,849 5.5% 4,920 6.0% 71 1.5 0.5 5-17.................. 15,120 17.2% 12,230 15.0% -2,890 -19.1 -2.2 18-24.................. 11,461 13.0% 9,673 11.8% -1,788 -15.6 -1.2 25-44.................. 19,081 21.7% 21,479 26.3% 2,398 12.6 4.6 45-64.................. 21,016 23.9% 15,528 19.0% -5,488 -26.1 -4.9 65 AND OVER............ 16,590 18.8% 17,975 22.0% 1,385 8.3 3.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 19,969 22.7% 17,150 21.0% -2,819 -14.1 -1.7 40 AND OVER............ 41,342 46.9% 38,048 46.5% -3,294 -8.0 -0.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 36.4 37.2 0.9 2.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,376 $21,060 -316 -1.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,702 $28,431 729 2.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,872 $11,108 1,236 12.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 11,052 12.9% 11,907 15.2% 855 7.7 2.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 33,561 100.0% 32,648 100.0% -913 -2.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 23,288 69.4% 20,613 63.1% -2,675 -11.5 -6.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 11,162 33.3% 10,703 32.8% -459 -4.1 -0.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 18,000 53.6% 15,284 46.8% -2,716 -15.1 -6.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 7,815 23.3% 6,180 18.9% -1,635 -20.9 -4.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 4,336 12.9% 4,243 13.0% -93 -2.1 0.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,600 4.8% 1,930 5.9% 330 20.6 1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 9,794 29.2% 11,062 33.9% 1,268 12.9 4.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.2 -6.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 56,687 100.0% 54,982 100.0% -1,705 -3.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 22,898 40.4% 21,738 39.5% -1,160 -5.1 -0.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,417 9.6% 7,474 13.6% 2,057 38.0 4.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 38,250 100.0% 36,660 100.0% -1,590 -4.2 FEMALE................ 16,783 43.9% 17,281 47.1% 498 3.0 3.3 EMPLOYED.............. 35,073 91.7% 34,256 93.4% -817 -2.3 1.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,971 15.6% 7,225 19.7% 1,254 21.0 4.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 5,153 13.5% 5,346 14.6% 193 3.7 1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 36,159 100.0% 35,357 100.0% -802 -2.2 OCCUPIED.............. 33,519 92.7% 32,637 92.3% -882 -2.6 -0.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 17,912 53.4% 17,515 53.7% -397 -2.2 0.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $49,253 $63,178 13,926 28.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 15,607 46.6% 15,122 46.3% -485 -3.1 -0.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $285 $320 35 12.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 17,306 47.9% 16,432 46.5% -874 -5.1 -1.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 17 0.0% 29 0.1% 12 70.6 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1931.5 1939.0 7.5 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