Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Wilkes-Barre city GEOCODE:42-8904 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 51,551 100.0% 47,523 100.0% -4,028 -7.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 41,996 81.5% 36,329 76.4% -5,667 -13.5 -5.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,918 3.7% 2,614 5.5% 696 36.3 1.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 50,463 97.9% 45,684 96.1% -4,779 -9.5 -1.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 826 1.6% 1,391 2.9% 565 68.4 1.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 219 0.4% 263 0.6% 44 20.1 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 14 0.0% 27 0.1% 13 92.9 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 248 0.5% 215 0.5% -33 -13.3 -0.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,604 5.1% 2,659 5.6% 55 2.1 0.5 5-17.................. 8,747 17.0% 6,858 14.4% -1,889 -21.6 -2.5 18-24.................. 7,112 13.8% 6,223 13.1% -889 -12.5 -0.7 25-44.................. 11,105 21.5% 12,645 26.6% 1,540 13.9 5.1 45-64.................. 12,323 23.9% 9,152 19.3% -3,171 -25.7 -4.6 65 AND OVER............ 9,660 18.7% 9,986 21.0% 326 3.4 2.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 11,351 22.0% 9,517 20.0% -1,834 -16.2 -2.0 40 AND OVER............ 24,186 46.9% 21,845 46.0% -2,341 -9.7 -0.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 36.4 37.0 0.6 1.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,127 $19,525 -602 -3.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,003 $27,458 455 1.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,582 $10,513 931 9.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,717 13.5% 6,924 15.4% 207 3.1 1.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 20,007 100.0% 19,284 100.0% -723 -3.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 13,014 65.0% 11,679 60.6% -1,335 -10.3 -4.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,642 33.2% 6,132 31.8% -510 -7.7 -1.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 9,815 49.1% 8,500 44.1% -1,315 -13.4 -5.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,292 21.5% 3,451 17.9% -841 -19.6 -3.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,649 13.2% 2,563 13.3% -86 -3.2 0.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 939 4.7% 1,113 5.8% 174 18.5 1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 6,524 32.6% 6,933 36.0% 409 6.3 3.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.2 -6.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 33,088 100.0% 31,783 100.0% -1,305 -3.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 13,160 39.8% 12,586 39.6% -574 -4.4 -0.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,063 9.3% 4,100 12.9% 1,037 33.9 3.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 22,299 100.0% 21,821 100.0% -478 -2.1 FEMALE................ 10,042 45.0% 10,140 46.5% 98 1.0 1.4 EMPLOYED.............. 20,197 90.6% 20,210 92.6% 13 0.1 2.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,340 15.0% 4,205 19.3% 865 25.9 4.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,387 15.2% 3,612 16.6% 225 6.6 1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 21,371 100.0% 20,734 100.0% -637 -3.0 OCCUPIED.............. 20,014 93.7% 19,435 93.7% -579 -2.9 0.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 10,803 54.0% 10,234 52.7% -569 -5.3 -1.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $46,141 $49,407 3,266 7.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 9,211 46.0% 9,201 47.3% -10 -0.1 1.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $293 $317 24 8.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 12,014 56.2% 12,165 58.7% 151 1.3 2.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 22 0.1% 14 0.1% -8 -36.4 -0.0 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