Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report STATES AND U.S. TOTALS AREA: New Jersey GEOCODE:34 ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 7,364,823 100.0% 7,730,188 100.0% 365,365 5.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 6,525,326 88.6% 6,653,835 86.1% 128,509 2.0 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 135,512 1.8% 171,399 2.2% 35,887 26.5 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 807,153 11.0% 819,547 10.6% 12,394 1.5 -0.4 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 6,154,833 83.6% 6,135,725 79.4% -19,108 -0.3 -4.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 924,909 12.6% 1,035,386 13.4% 110,477 11.9 0.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 109,383 1.5% 269,808 3.5% 160,425 146.7 2.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 10,200 0.1% 14,647 0.2% 4,447 43.6 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 494,096 6.7% 720,344 9.3% 226,248 45.8 2.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 461,469 6.3% 529,492 6.8% 68,023 14.7 0.6 5-17.................. 1,530,830 20.8% 1,269,172 16.4% -261658 -17.1 -4.4 18-24.................. 868,277 11.8% 765,291 9.9% -102986 -11.9 -1.9 25-44.................. 2,020,319 27.4% 2,566,434 33.2% 546,115 27.0 5.8 45-64.................. 1,626,820 22.1% 1,569,572 20.3% -57,248 -3.5 -1.8 65 AND OVER............ 857,108 11.6% 1,030,227 13.3% 173,119 20.2 1.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 1,992,299 27.1% 1,798,664 23.3% -193635 -9.7 -3.8 40 AND OVER............ 2,923,763 39.7% 3,177,805 41.1% 254,042 8.7 1.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.2 34.5 2.3 7.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $33,818 $40,927 7,109 21.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $39,123 $47,589 8,466 21.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,881 $18,714 4,833 34.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 689,491 9.5% 573,152 7.6% -116339 -16.9 -2.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 2,550,290 100.0% 2,794,316 100.0% 244,026 9.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 1,942,108 76.2% 2,037,787 72.9% 95,679 4.9 -3.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,061,994 41.6% 1,269,674 45.4% 207,680 19.6 3.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,574,350 61.7% 1,612,285 57.7% 37,935 2.4 -4.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 774,778 30.4% 728,225 26.1% -46,553 -6.0 -4.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 297,276 11.7% 328,435 11.8% 31,159 10.5 0.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 168,576 6.6% 153,802 5.5% -14,774 -8.8 -1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 535,497 21.0% 640,436 22.9% 104,939 19.6 1.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.1 -4.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 4,504,247 100.0% 5,166,233 100.0% 661,986 14.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,615,424 35.9% 1,606,555 31.1% -8,869 -0.5 -4.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 826,040 18.3% 1,284,017 24.9% 457,977 55.4 6.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 3,523,255 100.0% 4,104,673 100.0% 581,418 16.5 FEMALE................ 1,513,642 43.0% 1,885,641 45.9% 371,999 24.6 3.0 EMPLOYED.............. 3,288,302 93.3% 3,868,698 94.3% 580,396 17.7 0.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 848,199 24.1% 1,166,451 28.4% 318,252 37.5 4.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 379,908 10.8% 444,119 10.8% 64,211 16.9 0.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 2,690,377 100.0% 3,075,310 100.0% 384,933 14.3 OCCUPIED.............. 2,548,594 94.7% 2,794,711 90.9% 246,117 9.7 -3.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 1,580,120 62.0% 1,813,646 64.9% 233,526 14.8 2.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $107,824 $183,745 75,921 70.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 968,474 38.0% 981,065 35.1% 12,591 1.3 -2.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $428 $592 164 38.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 1,565,328 58.2% 1,866,610 60.7% 301,282 19.2 2.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 22,372 0.8% 33,656 1.1% 11,284 50.4 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1951.9 1959.0 7.1 0.4 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