Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Seattle city GEOCODE:53-1140 WA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 493,846 100.0% 516,259 100.0% 22,413 4.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 338,094 68.5% 334,171 64.7% -3,923 -1.2 -3.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 23,113 4.7% 20,995 4.1% -2,118 -9.2 -0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 396,275 80.2% 389,304 75.4% -6,971 -1.8 -4.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 46,565 9.4% 51,652 10.0% 5,087 10.9 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 38,936 7.9% 61,293 11.9% 22,357 57.4 4.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 6,821 1.4% 7,406 1.4% 585 8.6 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 12,744 2.6% 17,058 3.3% 4,314 33.9 0.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 24,139 4.9% 29,090 5.6% 4,951 20.5 0.7 5-17.................. 62,687 12.7% 55,252 10.7% -7,435 -11.9 -2.0 18-24.................. 77,075 15.6% 61,403 11.9% -15,672 -20.3 -3.7 25-44.................. 156,079 31.6% 206,124 39.9% 50,045 32.1 8.3 45-64.................. 97,826 19.8% 85,757 16.6% -12,069 -12.3 -3.2 65 AND OVER............ 76,040 15.4% 78,633 15.2% 2,593 3.4 -0.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 86,826 17.6% 84,342 16.3% -2,484 -2.9 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 198,502 40.2% 206,011 39.9% 7,509 3.8 -0.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.5 34.9 2.4 7.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,762 $29,353 1,591 5.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $37,740 $39,860 2,120 5.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $15,854 $18,308 2,454 15.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 52,995 11.2% 61,681 12.4% 8,686 16.4 1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 219,754 100.0% 236,908 100.0% 17,154 7.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 114,949 52.3% 113,856 48.1% -1,093 -1.0 -4.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 60,966 27.7% 67,310 28.4% 6,344 10.4 0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 90,156 41.0% 86,719 36.6% -3,437 -3.8 -4.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 31,996 14.6% 31,600 13.3% -396 -1.2 -1.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 19,359 8.8% 20,453 8.6% 1,094 5.7 -0.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 11,559 5.3% 10,658 4.5% -901 -7.8 -0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 83,799 38.1% 94,139 39.7% 10,340 12.3 1.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.1 2.1 -0.1 -2.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 329,945 100.0% 370,514 100.0% 40,569 12.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 98,786 29.9% 72,771 19.6% -26,015 -26.3 -10.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 92,787 28.1% 140,418 37.9% 47,631 51.3 9.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 265,852 100.0% 298,819 100.0% 32,967 12.4 FEMALE................ 120,950 45.5% 141,749 47.4% 20,799 17.2 1.9 EMPLOYED.............. 250,117 94.1% 284,160 95.1% 34,043 13.6 1.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 71,789 27.0% 103,056 34.5% 31,267 43.6 7.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 33,938 12.8% 36,787 12.3% 2,849 8.4 -0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 229,922 100.0% 249,032 100.0% 19,110 8.3 OCCUPIED.............. 219,469 95.5% 236,702 95.0% 17,233 7.9 -0.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 111,944 51.0% 115,699 48.9% 3,755 3.4 -2.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $117,413 $167,462 50,050 42.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 107,525 49.0% 121,003 51.1% 13,478 12.5 2.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $398 $463 65 16.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 131,617 57.2% 131,983 53.0% 366 0.3 -4.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 885 0.4% 771 0.3% -114 -12.9 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1945.1 1949.0 3.9 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