Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Laramie city GEOCODE:56-0250 WY ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 24,410 100.0% 26,687 100.0% 2,277 9.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 16,319 66.9% 17,370 65.1% 1,051 6.4 -1.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,760 11.3% 2,676 10.0% -84 -3.0 -1.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 22,956 94.0% 24,993 93.7% 2,037 8.9 -0.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 277 1.1% 186 0.7% -91 -32.9 -0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 340 1.4% 516 1.9% 176 51.8 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 136 0.6% 210 0.8% 74 54.4 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,571 6.4% 1,753 6.6% 182 11.6 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,600 6.6% 1,652 6.2% 52 3.3 -0.4 5-17.................. 3,612 14.8% 3,840 14.4% 228 6.3 -0.4 18-24.................. 7,876 32.3% 7,508 28.1% -368 -4.7 -4.1 25-44.................. 6,693 27.4% 8,266 31.0% 1,573 23.5 3.6 45-64.................. 2,944 12.1% 3,384 12.7% 440 14.9 0.6 65 AND OVER............ 1,685 6.9% 2,037 7.6% 352 20.9 0.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,212 21.4% 5,492 20.6% 280 5.4 -0.8 40 AND OVER............ 5,668 23.2% 6,895 25.8% 1,227 21.6 2.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 24.1 25.7 1.6 6.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,728 $19,642 -4,086 -17.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,956 $30,340 -2,616 -7.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,234 $11,652 418 3.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,511 16.3% 5,035 21.0% 1,524 43.4 4.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,993 100.0% 10,421 100.0% 1,428 15.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,341 59.4% 5,767 55.3% 426 8.0 -4.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,416 38.0% 3,934 37.8% 518 15.2 -0.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,602 51.2% 4,676 44.9% 74 1.6 -6.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,247 25.0% 2,183 20.9% -64 -2.8 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 559 6.2% 856 8.2% 297 53.1 2.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 369 4.1% 544 5.2% 175 47.4 1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,466 27.4% 3,175 30.5% 709 28.8 3.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -4.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,322 100.0% 13,687 100.0% 2,365 20.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,815 24.9% 2,640 19.3% -175 -6.2 -5.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,385 38.7% 5,528 40.4% 1,143 26.1 1.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,490 100.0% 13,505 100.0% 2,015 17.5 FEMALE................ 5,025 43.7% 6,495 48.1% 1,470 29.3 4.4 EMPLOYED.............. 10,926 95.1% 12,856 95.2% 1,930 17.7 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,579 31.1% 4,435 32.8% 856 23.9 1.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,796 15.6% 2,444 18.1% 648 36.1 2.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,523 100.0% 11,076 100.0% 1,553 16.3 OCCUPIED.............. 8,943 93.9% 10,400 93.9% 1,457 16.3 -0.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,522 50.6% 4,765 45.8% 243 5.4 -4.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $93,229 $71,241 -21,988 -23.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,421 49.4% 5,635 54.2% 1,214 27.5 4.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $347 $343 -4 -1.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,967 52.2% 5,737 51.8% 770 15.5 -0.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 644 6.8% 824 7.4% 180 28.0 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.8 1962.0 4.2 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