Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Wilkinsburg borough GEOCODE:42-8910 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 23,669 100.0% 21,080 100.0% -2,589 -10.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 18,369 77.6% 15,438 73.2% -2,931 -16.0 -4.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 254 1.1% 257 1.2% 3 1.2 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 14,650 61.9% 9,764 46.3% -4,886 -33.4 -15.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 8,794 37.2% 11,141 52.9% 2,347 26.7 15.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 184 0.8% 55 0.3% -129 -70.1 -0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 0 0.0% 58 0.3% 58 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 75 0.3% 116 0.6% 41 54.7 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,489 6.3% 1,421 6.7% -68 -4.6 0.5 5-17.................. 3,557 15.0% 3,003 14.2% -554 -15.6 -0.8 18-24.................. 2,835 12.0% 1,865 8.8% -970 -34.2 -3.1 25-44.................. 6,973 29.5% 7,358 34.9% 385 5.5 5.4 45-64.................. 4,687 19.8% 3,893 18.5% -794 -16.9 -1.3 65 AND OVER............ 4,128 17.4% 3,540 16.8% -588 -14.2 -0.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,046 21.3% 4,424 21.0% -622 -12.3 -0.3 40 AND OVER............ 9,889 41.8% 8,805 41.8% -1,084 -11.0 -0.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.6 35.6 3.0 9.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,032 $22,709 -323 -1.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,559 $28,158 -1,401 -4.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,569 $13,000 431 3.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,215 13.7% 3,576 17.3% 361 11.2 3.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 10,526 100.0% 9,728 100.0% -798 -7.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,076 57.7% 5,039 51.8% -1,037 -17.1 -5.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,979 28.3% 2,494 25.6% -485 -16.3 -2.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,186 39.8% 3,205 32.9% -981 -23.4 -6.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,563 14.8% 1,278 13.1% -285 -18.2 -1.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,638 15.6% 1,572 16.2% -66 -4.0 0.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 851 8.1% 857 8.8% 6 0.7 0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,951 37.5% 4,070 41.8% 119 3.0 4.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.2 2.1 -0.1 -3.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 15,788 100.0% 14,791 100.0% -997 -6.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,952 37.7% 4,794 32.4% -1,158 -19.5 -5.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,989 18.9% 3,418 23.1% 429 14.4 4.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,400 100.0% 10,713 100.0% -687 -6.0 FEMALE................ 5,609 49.2% 5,480 51.2% -129 -2.3 2.0 EMPLOYED.............. 10,419 91.4% 9,768 91.2% -651 -6.2 -0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,842 24.9% 3,149 29.4% 307 10.8 4.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,613 14.1% 1,857 17.3% 244 15.1 3.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,141 100.0% 11,354 100.0% 213 1.9 OCCUPIED.............. 10,500 94.2% 9,829 86.6% -671 -6.4 -7.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,380 41.7% 4,140 42.1% -240 -5.5 0.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $54,941 $46,168 -8,773 -16.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,120 58.3% 5,689 57.9% -431 -7.0 -0.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $389 $392 3 0.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,040 45.2% 5,462 48.1% 422 8.4 2.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1938.4 1941.0 2.6 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