Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Milwaukee city GEOCODE:55-1645 WI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 636,212 100.0% 628,088 100.0% -8,124 -1.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 517,259 81.3% 498,005 79.3% -19,254 -3.7 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 17,961 2.8% 18,333 2.9% 372 2.1 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 468,064 73.6% 397,827 63.3% -70,237 -15.0 -10.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 147,055 23.1% 191,567 30.5% 44,512 30.3 7.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 4,451 0.7% 11,831 1.9% 7,380 165.8 1.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 5,348 0.8% 6,016 1.0% 668 12.5 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 26,487 4.2% 37,420 6.0% 10,933 41.3 1.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 49,618 7.8% 54,137 8.6% 4,519 9.1 0.8 5-17.................. 122,594 19.3% 118,280 18.8% -4,314 -3.5 -0.4 18-24.................. 97,171 15.3% 75,126 12.0% -22,045 -22.7 -3.3 25-44.................. 167,429 26.3% 204,970 32.6% 37,541 22.4 6.3 45-64.................. 120,239 18.9% 97,499 15.5% -22,740 -18.9 -3.4 65 AND OVER............ 79,161 12.4% 78,076 12.4% -1,085 -1.4 -0.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 172,212 27.1% 172,417 27.5% 205 0.1 0.4 40 AND OVER............ 227,477 35.8% 212,132 33.8% -15,345 -6.7 -2.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.8 30.5 1.6 5.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,376 $23,627 -3,749 -13.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,713 $28,292 -5,421 -16.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,004 $11,106 -898 -7.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 85,328 13.8% 135,583 22.2% 50,255 58.9 8.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 242,483 100.0% 240,962 100.0% -1,521 -0.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 158,507 65.4% 151,292 62.8% -7,215 -4.6 -2.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 84,415 34.8% 78,942 32.8% -5,473 -6.5 -2.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 114,313 47.1% 94,727 39.3% -19,586 -17.1 -7.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 53,338 22.0% 42,550 17.7% -10,788 -20.2 -4.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 37,195 15.3% 47,619 19.8% 10,424 28.0 4.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 25,589 10.6% 31,725 13.2% 6,136 24.0 2.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 70,738 29.2% 72,872 30.2% 2,134 3.0 1.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.5 -0.0 -0.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 366,829 100.0% 380,545 100.0% 13,716 3.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 135,306 36.9% 121,286 31.9% -14,020 -10.4 -5.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 45,198 12.3% 56,440 14.8% 11,242 24.9 2.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 306,547 100.0% 301,032 100.0% -5,515 -1.8 FEMALE................ 140,870 46.0% 147,312 48.9% 6,442 4.6 3.0 EMPLOYED.............. 285,291 93.1% 274,237 91.1% -11,054 -3.9 -2.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 50,342 16.4% 58,438 19.4% 8,096 16.1 3.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 45,905 15.0% 45,056 15.0% -849 -1.8 -0.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 253,460 100.0% 254,204 100.0% 744 0.3 OCCUPIED.............. 241,818 95.4% 240,540 94.6% -1,278 -0.5 -0.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 114,206 47.2% 107,682 44.8% -6,524 -5.7 -2.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $72,215 $55,326 -16,889 -23.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 127,612 52.8% 132,858 55.2% 5,246 4.1 2.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $377 $418 41 10.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 110,593 43.6% 105,760 41.6% -4,833 -4.4 -2.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 506 0.2% 592 0.2% 86 17.0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1945.4 1949.0 3.6 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