Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Eau Claire city GEOCODE:55-0770 WI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 51,516 100.0% 56,930 100.0% 5,414 10.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 36,586 71.0% 40,301 70.8% 3,715 10.2 -0.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,534 8.8% 4,284 7.5% -250 -5.5 -1.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 50,761 98.5% 54,014 94.9% 3,253 6.4 -3.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 162 0.3% 331 0.6% 169 104.3 0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 377 0.7% 2,246 3.9% 1,869 495.8 3.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 164 0.3% 288 0.5% 124 75.6 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 183 0.4% 264 0.5% 81 44.3 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,125 6.1% 3,967 7.0% 842 26.9 0.9 5-17.................. 8,394 16.3% 9,146 16.1% 752 9.0 -0.2 18-24.................. 13,312 25.8% 12,312 21.6% -1,000 -7.5 -4.2 25-44.................. 12,365 24.0% 16,354 28.7% 3,989 32.3 4.7 45-64.................. 8,294 16.1% 7,925 13.9% -369 -4.4 -2.2 65 AND OVER............ 6,026 11.7% 7,226 12.7% 1,200 19.9 1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 11,519 22.4% 13,113 23.0% 1,594 13.8 0.7 40 AND OVER............ 16,412 31.9% 18,685 32.8% 2,273 13.8 1.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.0 28.4 2.3 9.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,693 $24,735 42 0.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,683 $32,396 -287 -0.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,837 $11,426 589 5.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,968 14.8% 9,818 18.6% 2,850 40.9 3.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 18,311 100.0% 21,258 100.0% 2,947 16.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 11,691 63.8% 13,040 61.3% 1,349 11.5 -2.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,768 37.0% 7,765 36.5% 997 14.7 -0.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 10,066 55.0% 10,657 50.1% 591 5.9 -4.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,876 26.6% 5,134 24.2% 258 5.3 -2.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,409 7.7% 1,963 9.2% 554 39.3 1.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 913 5.0% 1,376 6.5% 463 50.7 1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,696 25.6% 5,874 27.6% 1,178 25.1 2.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -3.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 26,685 100.0% 31,505 100.0% 4,820 18.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 10,656 39.9% 10,461 33.2% -195 -1.8 -6.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,453 20.4% 7,347 23.3% 1,894 34.7 2.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 25,004 100.0% 28,644 100.0% 3,640 14.6 FEMALE................ 11,844 47.4% 14,112 49.3% 2,268 19.1 1.9 EMPLOYED.............. 23,154 92.6% 26,961 94.1% 3,807 16.4 1.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,699 22.8% 7,170 25.0% 1,471 25.8 2.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,307 17.2% 4,635 16.2% 328 7.6 -1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 19,207 100.0% 21,922 100.0% 2,715 14.1 OCCUPIED.............. 18,339 95.5% 21,162 96.5% 2,823 15.4 1.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 11,178 61.0% 12,149 57.4% 971 8.7 -3.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $69,041 $57,911 -11,131 -16.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 7,161 39.0% 9,013 42.6% 1,852 25.9 3.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $357 $352 -5 -1.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 12,448 64.8% 13,429 61.3% 981 7.9 -3.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 280 1.5% 597 2.7% 317 113.2 1.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1951.6 1959.0 7.4 0.4 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