Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Galveston city GEOCODE:48-1570 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 61,902 100.0% 59,072 100.0% -2,830 -4.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 49,378 79.8% 45,952 77.8% -3,426 -6.9 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,216 3.6% 1,857 3.1% -359 -16.2 -0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 479 0.8% 777 1.3% 298 62.2 0.5 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 38,813 62.7% 36,283 61.4% -2,530 -6.5 -1.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 17,908 28.9% 17,130 29.0% -778 -4.3 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 742 1.2% 1,439 2.4% 697 93.9 1.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 261 0.4% 194 0.3% -67 -25.7 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 11,215 18.1% 12,491 21.1% 1,276 11.4 3.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,620 7.5% 4,202 7.1% -418 -9.0 -0.4 5-17.................. 11,303 18.3% 10,537 17.8% -766 -6.8 -0.4 18-24.................. 9,033 14.6% 5,771 9.8% -3,262 -36.1 -4.8 25-44.................. 16,387 26.5% 19,846 33.6% 3,459 21.1 7.1 45-64.................. 12,540 20.3% 10,709 18.1% -1,831 -14.6 -2.1 65 AND OVER............ 8,019 13.0% 8,007 13.6% -12 -0.1 0.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 15,923 25.7% 14,739 25.0% -1,184 -7.4 -0.8 40 AND OVER............ 23,410 37.8% 22,501 38.1% -909 -3.9 0.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.6 32.7 3.1 10.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,664 $20,825 -3,839 -15.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,946 $25,559 -5,387 -17.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,455 $12,399 -56 -0.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 9,610 15.9% 13,891 24.2% 4,281 44.5 8.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 23,965 100.0% 24,180 100.0% 215 0.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 15,255 63.7% 14,586 60.3% -669 -4.4 -3.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 8,076 33.7% 7,405 30.6% -671 -8.3 -3.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 11,260 47.0% 9,798 40.5% -1,462 -13.0 -6.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,277 22.0% 4,191 17.3% -1,086 -20.6 -4.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,337 13.9% 4,077 16.9% 740 22.2 2.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,958 8.2% 2,483 10.3% 525 26.8 2.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 7,482 31.2% 8,216 34.0% 734 9.8 2.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -5.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 36,946 100.0% 38,562 100.0% 1,616 4.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,900 26.8% 9,448 24.5% -452 -4.6 -2.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 6,625 17.9% 8,130 21.1% 1,505 22.7 3.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 30,515 100.0% 28,459 100.0% -2,056 -6.7 FEMALE................ 14,064 46.1% 13,517 47.5% -547 -3.9 1.4 EMPLOYED.............. 29,218 95.7% 25,889 91.0% -3,329 -11.4 -4.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 6,963 22.8% 7,353 25.8% 390 5.6 3.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 5,109 16.7% 5,065 17.8% -44 -0.9 1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 26,316 100.0% 30,661 100.0% 4,345 16.5 OCCUPIED.............. 24,013 91.2% 24,164 78.8% 151 0.6 -12.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 10,849 45.2% 10,135 41.9% -714 -6.6 -3.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $75,129 $71,015 -4,114 -5.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 13,164 54.8% 14,029 58.1% 865 6.6 3.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $373 $381 8 2.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 14,945 56.8% 16,376 53.4% 1,431 9.6 -3.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 416 1.6% 257 0.8% -159 -38.2 -0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1949.0 1959.0 10.0 0.5 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