Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fort Worth city GEOCODE:48-1500 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 385,166 100.0% 447,619 100.0% 62,453 16.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 323,325 83.9% 366,170 81.8% 42,845 13.3 -2.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 10,238 2.7% 13,883 3.1% 3,645 35.6 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 462 0.1% 462 0.1 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 266,638 69.2% 286,072 63.9% 19,434 7.3 -5.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 87,635 22.8% 98,679 22.0% 11,044 12.6 -0.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 2,954 0.8% 8,465 1.9% 5,511 186.6 1.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,841 0.5% 1,990 0.4% 149 8.1 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 48,568 12.6% 85,835 19.2% 37,267 76.7 6.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 29,017 7.5% 38,699 8.6% 9,682 33.4 1.1 5-17.................. 75,354 19.6% 80,186 17.9% 4,832 6.4 -1.7 18-24.................. 56,335 14.6% 52,248 11.7% -4,087 -7.3 -3.0 25-44.................. 103,086 26.8% 155,339 34.7% 52,253 50.7 7.9 45-64.................. 75,937 19.7% 71,125 15.9% -4,812 -6.3 -3.8 65 AND OVER............ 45,437 11.8% 50,022 11.2% 4,585 10.1 -0.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 104,371 27.1% 118,885 26.6% 14,514 13.9 -0.5 40 AND OVER............ 140,384 36.4% 149,431 33.4% 9,048 6.4 -3.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.3 30.4 1.1 3.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,139 $26,547 408 1.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,149 $30,967 -182 -0.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,530 $13,162 632 5.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 51,998 13.9% 75,597 17.4% 23,599 45.4 3.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 144,046 100.0% 168,228 100.0% 24,182 16.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 100,284 69.6% 111,308 66.2% 11,024 11.0 -3.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 56,387 39.1% 64,644 38.4% 8,257 14.6 -0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 79,620 55.3% 83,880 49.9% 4,260 5.4 -5.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 36,691 25.5% 40,415 24.0% 3,724 10.1 -1.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 16,926 11.8% 21,348 12.7% 4,422 26.1 0.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 10,034 7.0% 12,237 7.3% 2,203 22.0 0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 37,759 26.2% 48,489 28.8% 10,730 28.4 2.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.6 -0.0 -0.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 224,460 100.0% 276,486 100.0% 52,026 23.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 61,565 27.4% 65,069 23.5% 3,504 5.7 -3.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 38,867 17.3% 59,363 21.5% 20,496 52.7 4.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 187,266 100.0% 223,848 100.0% 36,582 19.5 FEMALE................ 82,220 43.9% 101,183 45.2% 18,963 23.1 1.3 EMPLOYED.............. 179,603 95.9% 206,967 92.5% 27,364 15.2 -3.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 38,571 20.6% 53,123 23.7% 14,552 37.7 3.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 23,664 12.6% 28,676 12.8% 5,012 21.2 0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 155,897 100.0% 194,428 100.0% 38,531 24.7 OCCUPIED.............. 144,018 92.4% 168,274 86.5% 24,256 16.8 -5.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 88,024 61.1% 91,745 54.5% 3,721 4.2 -6.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $66,424 $73,373 6,949 10.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 55,994 38.9% 76,529 45.5% 20,535 36.7 6.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $366 $403 37 10.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 111,758 71.7% 124,341 64.0% 12,583 11.3 -7.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 2,332 1.5% 2,770 1.4% 438 18.8 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1955.4 1964.0 8.6 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