Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Portsmouth city GEOCODE:51-0990 VA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 104,577 100.0% 103,907 100.0% -670 -0.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 92,250 88.2% 88,204 84.9% -4,046 -4.4 -3.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,905 1.8% 2,490 2.4% 585 30.7 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 56,239 53.8% 53,408 51.4% -2,831 -5.0 -2.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 47,136 45.1% 49,112 47.3% 1,976 4.2 2.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 764 0.7% 727 0.7% -37 -4.8 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 233 0.2% 302 0.3% 69 29.6 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 917 0.9% 1,427 1.4% 510 55.6 0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 8,548 8.2% 8,747 8.4% 199 2.3 0.2 5-17.................. 21,268 20.3% 18,943 18.2% -2,325 -10.9 -2.1 18-24.................. 14,630 14.0% 11,491 11.1% -3,139 -21.5 -2.9 25-44.................. 26,609 25.4% 32,159 30.9% 5,550 20.9 5.5 45-64.................. 22,272 21.3% 18,348 17.7% -3,924 -17.6 -3.6 65 AND OVER............ 11,250 10.8% 14,219 13.7% 2,969 26.4 2.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 29,816 28.5% 27,690 26.6% -2,126 -7.1 -1.9 40 AND OVER............ 38,506 36.8% 38,450 37.0% -56 -0.1 0.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.3 31.9 2.6 9.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,245 $24,601 356 1.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,614 $28,517 -97 -0.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,426 $11,158 732 7.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 19,640 19.2% 17,920 17.7% -1,720 -8.8 -1.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 36,807 100.0% 38,831 100.0% 2,024 5.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 27,875 75.7% 27,726 71.4% -149 -0.5 -4.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 13,404 36.4% 14,485 37.3% 1,081 8.1 0.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 20,466 55.6% 18,915 48.7% -1,551 -7.6 -6.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 9,680 26.3% 8,182 21.1% -1,498 -15.5 -5.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 6,351 17.3% 7,330 18.9% 979 15.4 1.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 3,995 10.9% 4,339 11.2% 344 8.6 0.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 7,791 21.2% 9,441 24.3% 1,650 21.2 3.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -6.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 60,131 100.0% 64,726 100.0% 4,595 7.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 17,433 29.0% 19,060 29.4% 1,627 9.3 0.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,974 9.9% 7,521 11.6% 1,547 25.9 1.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 43,318 100.0% 45,635 100.0% 2,317 5.3 FEMALE................ 19,464 44.9% 22,238 48.7% 2,774 14.3 3.8 EMPLOYED.............. 40,003 92.3% 42,053 92.2% 2,050 5.1 -0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 7,747 17.9% 8,800 19.3% 1,053 13.6 1.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 6,148 14.2% 6,482 14.2% 334 5.4 0.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 38,585 100.0% 42,283 100.0% 3,698 9.6 OCCUPIED.............. 36,746 95.2% 38,741 91.6% 1,995 5.4 -3.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 21,161 57.6% 21,644 55.9% 483 2.3 -1.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $64,068 $73,134 9,067 14.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 15,585 42.4% 17,097 44.1% 1,512 9.7 1.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $349 $416 67 19.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 27,912 72.3% 28,166 66.6% 254 0.9 -5.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 170 0.4% 247 0.6% 77 45.3 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1953.3 1958.0 4.7 0.2 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