Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Providence city GEOCODE:44-0400 RI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 156,804 100.0% 160,728 100.0% 3,924 2.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 119,348 76.1% 118,604 73.8% -744 -0.6 -2.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 9,894 6.3% 12,070 7.5% 2,176 22.0 1.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 128,798 82.1% 112,893 70.2% -15,905 -12.3 -11.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 18,679 11.9% 23,387 14.6% 4,708 25.2 2.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 3,012 1.9% 9,599 6.0% 6,587 218.7 4.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,208 0.8% 1,598 1.0% 390 32.3 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 8,648 5.5% 23,744 14.8% 15,096 174.6 9.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 9,820 6.3% 12,584 7.8% 2,764 28.1 1.6 5-17.................. 26,824 17.1% 25,925 16.1% -899 -3.4 -1.0 18-24.................. 28,238 18.0% 28,262 17.6% 24 0.1 -0.4 25-44.................. 37,567 24.0% 48,453 30.1% 10,886 29.0 6.2 45-64.................. 30,436 19.4% 23,648 14.7% -6,788 -22.3 -4.7 65 AND OVER............ 23,919 15.3% 21,856 13.6% -2,063 -8.6 -1.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 36,644 23.4% 38,509 24.0% 1,865 5.1 0.6 40 AND OVER............ 61,064 38.9% 53,913 33.5% -7,151 -11.7 -5.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.0 29.4 -0.6 -2.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,534 $22,147 2,613 13.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,531 $28,342 2,811 11.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,537 $11,838 1,301 12.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 29,941 20.4% 34,120 23.0% 4,179 14.0 2.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 60,143 100.0% 58,530 100.0% -1,613 -2.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 37,202 61.9% 35,367 60.4% -1,835 -4.9 -1.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 18,324 30.5% 18,145 31.0% -179 -1.0 0.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 26,015 43.3% 22,532 38.5% -3,483 -13.4 -4.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 11,292 18.8% 10,282 17.6% -1,010 -8.9 -1.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 9,548 15.9% 10,403 17.8% 855 9.0 1.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 5,843 9.7% 6,737 11.5% 894 15.3 1.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 19,604 32.6% 18,366 31.4% -1,238 -6.3 -1.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.5 0.1 4.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 91,922 100.0% 93,957 100.0% 2,035 2.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 25,118 27.3% 23,512 25.0% -1,606 -6.4 -2.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 14,406 15.7% 20,324 21.6% 5,918 41.1 6.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 72,418 100.0% 76,208 100.0% 3,790 5.2 FEMALE................ 33,606 46.4% 36,754 48.2% 3,148 9.4 1.8 EMPLOYED.............. 65,786 90.8% 69,200 90.8% 3,414 5.2 -0.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 14,065 19.4% 17,644 23.2% 3,579 25.4 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 10,619 14.7% 11,604 15.2% 985 9.3 0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 67,513 100.0% 66,794 100.0% -719 -1.1 OCCUPIED.............. 60,157 89.1% 58,905 88.2% -1,252 -2.1 -0.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 22,189 36.9% 21,358 36.3% -831 -3.7 -0.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $73,260 $143,826 70,566 96.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 37,968 63.1% 37,547 63.7% -421 -1.1 0.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $333 $469 136 40.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 17,778 26.3% 16,462 24.6% -1,316 -7.4 -1.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 11 0.0% 53 0.1% 42 381.8 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1933.7 1939.0 5.3 0.3 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