Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report STATES AND U.S. TOTALS AREA: Rhode Island GEOCODE:44 ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 947,154 100.0% 1,003,464 100.0% 56,310 5.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 806,624 85.2% 824,356 82.2% 17,732 2.2 -3.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 33,995 3.6% 38,774 3.9% 4,779 14.1 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 122,430 12.9% 140,037 14.0% 17,607 14.4 1.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 900,408 95.1% 919,073 91.6% 18,665 2.1 -3.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 27,361 2.9% 37,986 3.8% 10,625 38.8 0.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 6,617 0.7% 17,615 1.8% 10,998 166.2 1.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 3,204 0.3% 4,267 0.4% 1,063 33.2 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 18,906 2.0% 43,932 4.4% 25,026 132.4 2.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 56,511 6.0% 67,041 6.7% 10,530 18.6 0.7 5-17.................. 186,659 19.7% 158,964 15.8% -27,695 -14.8 -3.9 18-24.................. 128,741 13.6% 118,503 11.8% -10,238 -8.0 -1.8 25-44.................. 245,477 25.9% 320,829 32.0% 75,352 30.7 6.1 45-64.................. 202,854 21.4% 187,127 18.6% -15,727 -7.8 -2.8 65 AND OVER............ 126,912 13.4% 151,000 15.0% 24,088 19.0 1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 243,170 25.7% 226,005 22.5% -17,165 -7.1 -3.2 40 AND OVER............ 379,327 40.0% 406,364 40.5% 27,038 7.1 0.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.8 34.1 2.2 7.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,494 $32,181 4,687 17.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,217 $39,172 5,955 17.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,780 $14,981 3,201 27.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 93,959 10.3% 92,670 9.6% -1,289 -1.4 -0.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 338,340 100.0% 377,080 100.0% 38,740 11.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 246,342 72.8% 260,833 69.2% 14,491 5.9 -3.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 141,392 41.8% 162,152 43.0% 20,760 14.7 1.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 201,210 59.5% 207,103 54.9% 5,893 2.9 -4.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 97,202 28.7% 91,503 24.3% -5,699 -5.9 -4.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 36,921 10.9% 41,685 11.1% 4,764 12.9 0.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 20,846 6.2% 22,497 6.0% 1,651 7.9 -0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 80,876 23.9% 97,919 26.0% 17,043 21.1 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -5.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 575,243 100.0% 658,956 100.0% 83,713 14.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 188,488 32.8% 194,064 29.5% 5,576 3.0 -3.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 88,768 15.4% 140,160 21.3% 51,392 57.9 5.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 459,146 100.0% 522,603 100.0% 63,457 13.8 FEMALE................ 205,500 44.8% 246,921 47.2% 41,421 20.2 2.5 EMPLOYED.............. 426,812 93.0% 487,913 93.4% 61,101 14.3 0.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 90,470 19.7% 129,069 24.7% 38,599 42.7 5.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 58,194 12.7% 66,922 12.8% 8,728 15.0 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 362,918 100.0% 414,572 100.0% 51,654 14.2 OCCUPIED.............. 338,590 93.3% 377,977 91.2% 39,387 11.6 -2.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 199,075 58.8% 224,829 59.5% 25,754 12.9 0.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $83,848 $152,565 68,717 82.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 139,515 41.2% 153,148 40.5% 13,633 9.8 -0.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $352 $489 137 38.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 197,719 54.5% 230,003 55.5% 32,284 16.3 1.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 2,572 0.7% 4,726 1.1% 2,154 83.7 0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1945.9 1955.0 9.1 0.5 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