Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Wausau city GEOCODE:55-2690 WI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 32,426 100.0% 37,060 100.0% 4,634 14.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 26,756 82.5% 29,998 80.9% 3,242 12.1 -1.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 791 2.4% 934 2.5% 143 18.1 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 31,943 98.5% 34,623 93.4% 2,680 8.4 -5.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 45 0.1% 19 0.1% -26 -57.8 -0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 73 0.2% 2,210 6.0% 2,1372927.4 5.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 253 0.8% 148 0.4% -105 -41.5 -0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 103 0.3% 204 0.6% 101 98.1 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,233 6.9% 2,806 7.6% 573 25.7 0.7 5-17.................. 5,595 17.3% 6,354 17.1% 759 13.6 -0.1 18-24.................. 4,745 14.6% 3,711 10.0% -1,034 -21.8 -4.6 25-44.................. 8,100 25.0% 11,491 31.0% 3,391 41.9 6.0 45-64.................. 6,701 20.7% 6,259 16.9% -442 -6.6 -3.8 65 AND OVER............ 5,052 15.6% 6,439 17.4% 1,387 27.5 1.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,828 24.1% 9,160 24.7% 1,332 17.0 0.6 40 AND OVER............ 13,302 41.0% 15,193 41.0% 1,892 14.2 -0.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.0 34.2 2.2 6.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,471 $25,505 -966 -3.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,194 $32,690 -1,504 -4.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,526 $13,169 643 5.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,769 8.7% 4,232 11.7% 1,463 52.8 3.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 12,764 100.0% 14,735 100.0% 1,971 15.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,637 67.7% 9,621 65.3% 984 11.4 -2.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,695 36.8% 5,739 38.9% 1,044 22.2 2.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,204 56.4% 7,879 53.5% 675 9.4 -3.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,454 27.1% 3,546 24.1% 92 2.7 -3.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,271 10.0% 1,424 9.7% 153 12.0 -0.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 687 5.4% 794 5.4% 107 15.6 0.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,539 27.7% 4,269 29.0% 730 20.6 1.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.5 -0.0 -1.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 19,853 100.0% 24,189 100.0% 4,336 21.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,212 36.3% 8,572 35.4% 1,360 18.9 -0.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,934 14.8% 4,214 17.4% 1,280 43.6 2.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 15,763 100.0% 18,111 100.0% 2,348 14.9 FEMALE................ 7,093 45.0% 8,601 47.5% 1,508 21.3 2.5 EMPLOYED.............. 14,592 92.6% 17,387 96.0% 2,795 19.2 3.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,188 20.2% 4,380 24.2% 1,192 37.4 4.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,183 13.8% 2,494 13.8% 311 14.2 -0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 13,295 100.0% 15,318 100.0% 2,023 15.2 OCCUPIED.............. 12,769 96.0% 14,718 96.1% 1,949 15.3 0.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,293 64.9% 9,272 63.0% 979 11.8 -1.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $74,249 $58,622 -15,627 -21.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,476 35.1% 5,446 37.0% 970 21.7 1.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $341 $360 19 5.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,756 65.9% 10,106 66.0% 1,350 15.4 0.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 5 0.0% 103 0.7% 981960.0 0.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1942.1 1948.0 5.9 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