Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Tacoma city GEOCODE:53-1280 WA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 158,501 100.0% 176,664 100.0% 18,163 11.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 127,725 80.6% 138,026 78.1% 10,301 8.1 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,683 2.3% 5,745 3.3% 2,062 56.0 0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 133,745 84.4% 138,449 78.4% 4,704 3.5 -6.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 14,439 9.1% 20,193 11.4% 5,754 39.9 2.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 5,647 3.6% 12,295 7.0% 6,648 117.7 3.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 2,919 1.8% 3,410 1.9% 491 16.8 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 4,159 2.6% 6,270 3.5% 2,111 50.8 0.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 12,162 7.7% 14,573 8.2% 2,411 19.8 0.6 5-17.................. 30,216 19.1% 31,260 17.7% 1,044 3.5 -1.4 18-24.................. 22,569 14.2% 19,261 10.9% -3,308 -14.7 -3.3 25-44.................. 42,303 26.7% 59,038 33.4% 16,735 39.6 6.7 45-64.................. 29,872 18.8% 28,384 16.1% -1,488 -5.0 -2.8 65 AND OVER............ 21,379 13.5% 24,148 13.7% 2,769 13.0 0.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 42,378 26.7% 45,833 25.9% 3,455 8.2 -0.8 40 AND OVER............ 58,728 37.1% 64,721 36.6% 5,994 10.2 -0.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.7 32.0 2.3 7.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,845 $25,333 488 2.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,842 $31,203 -639 -2.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,041 $12,272 231 1.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 21,761 14.1% 28,632 16.8% 6,871 31.6 2.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 63,417 100.0% 69,752 100.0% 6,335 10.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 40,576 64.0% 43,167 61.9% 2,591 6.4 -2.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 18,891 29.8% 22,742 32.6% 3,851 20.4 2.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 32,162 50.7% 32,107 46.0% -55 -0.2 -4.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 15,240 24.0% 15,003 21.5% -237 -1.6 -2.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 6,886 10.9% 8,845 12.7% 1,959 28.4 1.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 4,937 7.8% 5,964 8.6% 1,027 20.8 0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 19,479 30.7% 21,696 31.1% 2,217 11.4 0.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.5 0.0 0.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 93,554 100.0% 111,570 100.0% 18,016 19.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 36,672 39.2% 37,032 33.2% 360 1.0 -6.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 12,749 13.6% 17,611 15.8% 4,862 38.1 2.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 67,434 100.0% 80,825 100.0% 13,391 19.9 FEMALE................ 28,619 42.4% 37,339 46.2% 8,720 30.5 3.8 EMPLOYED.............. 61,161 90.7% 74,841 92.6% 13,680 22.4 1.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 13,254 19.7% 17,236 21.3% 3,982 30.0 1.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 9,379 13.9% 12,336 15.3% 2,957 31.5 1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 67,705 100.0% 75,147 100.0% 7,442 11.0 OCCUPIED.............. 63,405 93.6% 69,939 93.1% 6,534 10.3 -0.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 37,213 58.7% 36,859 52.7% -354 -1.0 -6.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $77,729 $76,396 -1,333 -1.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 26,192 41.3% 33,080 47.3% 6,888 26.3 6.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $349 $413 64 18.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 46,651 68.9% 48,946 65.1% 2,295 4.9 -3.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 143 0.2% 108 0.1% -35 -24.5 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1948.4 1955.0 6.6 0.3 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