Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: West Allis city GEOCODE:55-2720 WI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 63,982 100.0% 63,221 100.0% -761 -1.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 53,726 84.0% 50,497 79.9% -3,229 -6.0 -4.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 998 1.6% 1,080 1.7% 82 8.2 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 63,142 98.7% 62,007 98.1% -1,135 -1.8 -0.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 17 0.0% 217 0.3% 2001176.5 0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 433 0.7% 478 0.8% 45 10.4 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 257 0.4% 390 0.6% 133 51.8 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 474 0.7% 806 1.3% 332 70.0 0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,958 6.2% 4,168 6.6% 210 5.3 0.4 5-17.................. 10,613 16.6% 9,495 15.0% -1,118 -10.5 -1.6 18-24.................. 8,574 13.4% 5,681 9.0% -2,893 -33.7 -4.4 25-44.................. 16,013 25.0% 21,137 33.4% 5,124 32.0 8.4 45-64.................. 14,866 23.2% 11,406 18.0% -3,460 -23.3 -5.2 65 AND OVER............ 9,958 15.6% 11,334 17.9% 1,376 13.8 2.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 14,571 22.8% 13,663 21.6% -908 -6.2 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 27,755 43.4% 26,710 42.2% -1,045 -3.8 -1.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.5 34.7 1.2 3.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $31,916 $29,622 -2,294 -7.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $38,018 $36,085 -1,933 -5.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,195 $13,978 -217 -1.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,870 4.5% 3,258 5.3% 388 13.5 0.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 25,774 100.0% 26,860 100.0% 1,086 4.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 17,522 68.0% 16,959 63.1% -563 -3.2 -4.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 10,042 39.0% 10,446 38.9% 404 4.0 -0.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 14,952 58.0% 13,707 51.0% -1,245 -8.3 -7.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 6,409 24.9% 5,803 21.6% -606 -9.5 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,971 7.6% 2,630 9.8% 659 33.4 2.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,065 4.1% 1,315 4.9% 250 23.5 0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 7,412 28.8% 8,428 31.4% 1,016 13.7 2.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -5.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 40,837 100.0% 43,877 100.0% 3,040 7.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 18,186 44.5% 17,620 40.2% -566 -3.1 -4.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,814 9.3% 5,422 12.4% 1,608 42.2 3.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 33,276 100.0% 33,812 100.0% 536 1.6 FEMALE................ 14,743 44.3% 16,001 47.3% 1,258 8.5 3.0 EMPLOYED.............. 32,021 96.2% 32,452 96.0% 431 1.3 -0.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,367 16.1% 6,677 19.7% 1,310 24.4 3.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,614 13.9% 4,459 13.2% -155 -3.4 -0.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 26,275 100.0% 27,502 100.0% 1,227 4.7 OCCUPIED.............. 25,668 97.7% 26,797 97.4% 1,129 4.4 -0.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 15,835 61.7% 15,918 59.4% 83 0.5 -2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $86,685 $64,924 -21,761 -25.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 9,833 38.3% 10,879 40.6% 1,046 10.6 2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $400 $446 46 11.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 15,851 60.3% 14,502 52.7% -1,349 -8.5 -7.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 429 1.6% 573 2.1% 144 33.6 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1947.6 1951.0 3.4 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