Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Harlingen city GEOCODE:48-1820 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 43,543 100.0% 48,735 100.0% 5,192 11.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 39,353 90.4% 43,777 89.8% 4,424 11.2 -0.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,278 2.9% 1,257 2.6% -21 -1.6 -0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 34,002 78.1% 39,190 80.4% 5,188 15.3 2.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 528 1.2% 416 0.9% -112 -21.2 -0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 97 0.2% 119 0.2% 22 22.7 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 127 0.3% 60 0.1% -67 -52.8 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 29,803 68.4% 34,391 70.6% 4,588 15.4 2.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,123 9.5% 4,416 9.1% 293 7.1 -0.4 5-17.................. 11,364 26.1% 11,396 23.4% 32 0.3 -2.7 18-24.................. 5,057 11.6% 4,807 9.9% -250 -4.9 -1.8 25-44.................. 10,550 24.2% 13,926 28.6% 3,376 32.0 4.3 45-64.................. 7,393 17.0% 7,819 16.0% 426 5.8 -0.9 65 AND OVER............ 5,056 11.6% 6,371 13.1% 1,315 26.0 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 15,487 35.6% 15,812 32.4% 325 2.1 -3.1 40 AND OVER............ 14,431 33.1% 17,166 35.2% 2,736 19.0 2.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.8 29.8 3.0 11.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,614 $20,858 244 1.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $23,804 $23,129 -675 -2.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,485 $9,183 698 8.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 11,173 26.4% 14,242 29.9% 3,069 27.5 3.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 13,139 100.0% 15,455 100.0% 2,316 17.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,577 80.5% 12,103 78.3% 1,526 14.4 -2.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,287 40.2% 6,463 41.8% 1,176 22.2 1.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 8,656 65.9% 9,346 60.5% 690 8.0 -5.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,972 37.8% 5,159 33.4% 187 3.8 -4.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,637 12.5% 2,272 14.7% 635 38.8 2.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 937 7.1% 1,344 8.7% 407 43.4 1.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,324 17.7% 3,051 19.7% 727 31.3 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.2 3.1 -0.1 -4.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 22,999 100.0% 28,116 100.0% 5,117 22.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,366 23.3% 6,692 23.8% 1,326 24.7 0.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,923 12.7% 4,160 14.8% 1,237 42.3 2.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 17,108 100.0% 20,277 100.0% 3,169 18.5 FEMALE................ 7,376 43.1% 9,420 46.5% 2,044 27.7 3.3 EMPLOYED.............. 15,935 93.1% 18,317 90.3% 2,382 14.9 -2.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,422 20.0% 4,815 23.7% 1,393 40.7 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,368 13.8% 2,963 14.6% 595 25.1 0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 14,367 100.0% 17,798 100.0% 3,431 23.9 OCCUPIED.............. 13,091 91.1% 15,398 86.5% 2,307 17.6 -4.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,025 61.3% 9,085 59.0% 1,060 13.2 -2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $51,032 $50,746 -286 -0.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,066 38.7% 6,313 41.0% 1,247 24.6 2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $290 $332 42 14.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,253 71.4% 11,525 64.8% 1,272 12.4 -6.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 479 3.3% 1,452 8.2% 973 203.1 4.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.3 1968.0 10.7 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