Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report STATES AND U.S. TOTALS AREA: Connecticut GEOCODE:09 ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 3,107,576 100.0% 3,287,116 100.0% 179,540 5.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 2,689,629 86.6% 2,748,368 83.6% 58,739 2.2 -2.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 88,730 2.9% 101,495 3.1% 12,765 14.4 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 658,343 21.2% 685,582 20.9% 27,239 4.1 -0.3 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 2,811,092 90.5% 2,862,632 87.1% 51,540 1.8 -3.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 216,641 7.0% 273,555 8.3% 56,914 26.3 1.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 21,116 0.7% 48,962 1.5% 27,846 131.9 0.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 4,882 0.2% 6,800 0.2% 1,918 39.3 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 125,256 4.0% 203,511 6.2% 78,255 62.5 2.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 184,766 5.9% 227,116 6.9% 42,350 22.9 1.0 5-17.................. 638,990 20.6% 522,667 15.9% -116323 -18.2 -4.7 18-24.................. 383,656 12.3% 338,370 10.3% -45,286 -11.8 -2.1 25-44.................. 861,151 27.7% 1,097,945 33.4% 236,794 27.5 5.7 45-64.................. 674,722 21.7% 655,354 19.9% -19,368 -2.9 -1.8 65 AND OVER............ 364,291 11.7% 445,664 13.6% 81,373 22.3 1.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 823,756 26.5% 749,783 22.8% -73,973 -9.0 -3.7 40 AND OVER............ 1,223,610 39.4% 1,344,413 40.9% 120,803 9.9 1.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.0 34.5 2.5 7.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $34,292 $41,721 7,429 21.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $39,538 $49,199 9,661 24.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,537 $20,189 5,652 38.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 242,650 8.0% 217,347 6.8% -25,303 -10.4 -1.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 1,094,281 100.0% 1,230,243 100.0% 135,962 12.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 818,187 74.8% 872,211 70.9% 54,024 6.6 -3.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 478,983 43.8% 560,861 45.6% 81,878 17.1 1.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 677,194 61.9% 698,701 56.8% 21,507 3.2 -5.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 332,487 30.4% 307,991 25.0% -24,496 -7.4 -5.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 115,018 10.5% 136,381 11.1% 21,363 18.6 0.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 66,331 6.1% 71,720 5.8% 5,389 8.1 -0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 235,047 21.5% 294,463 23.9% 59,416 25.3 2.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -6.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 1,900,164 100.0% 2,198,963 100.0% 298,799 15.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 653,884 34.4% 648,366 29.5% -5,518 -0.8 -4.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 392,564 20.7% 597,693 27.2% 205,129 52.3 6.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 1,554,810 100.0% 1,788,693 100.0% 233,883 15.0 FEMALE................ 677,689 43.6% 832,431 46.5% 154,742 22.8 3.0 EMPLOYED.............. 1,482,309 95.3% 1,692,874 94.6% 210,565 14.2 -0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 392,957 25.3% 533,088 29.8% 140,131 35.7 4.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 168,312 10.8% 194,185 10.9% 25,873 15.4 0.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 1,144,520 100.0% 1,320,850 100.0% 176,330 15.4 OCCUPIED.............. 1,093,678 95.6% 1,230,479 93.2% 136,801 12.5 -2.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 699,259 63.9% 807,559 65.6% 108,300 15.5 1.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $123,173 $212,482 89,308 72.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 394,419 36.1% 422,920 34.4% 28,501 7.2 -1.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $414 $598 184 44.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 700,778 61.2% 813,928 61.6% 113,150 16.1 0.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 9,192 0.8% 11,722 0.9% 2,530 27.5 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1953.1 1959.0 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