Poplar-Cotton

Poplar-Cotton

Poplar-Cotton

Change

1980

1990

1980-90

Tract Population

5,098

8,070

58.3%

% White

81.0%

54.3%

-32.9%

% Black

0.0%

1.2%

N/A

% Hispanic

19.0%

46.2%

142.5%

% Under 18

29.2%

34.4%

17.9%

% Over 65

12.9%

10.2%

-20.9%

% Under 6

9.4%

11.9%

26.3%

% Foreign Born

10.5%

22.9%

117.5%

Area Population

245,689

311,921

27.0%

Area Foreign Born

27,678

54,925

98.4%

% Area Foreign Born

11.3%

17.6%

56.3%

Education(% pop over 25)

1980

1990

1980-90

% 0-8 years

28.6%

35.1%

22.4%

% 9-11 years

19.7%

19.3%

-2.2%

% Completed H.S.

26.2%

19.8%

-24.5%

% Some College

15.9%

14.3%

-10.2%

% Bachelors or Graduate Degree

9.5%

5.8%

-38.8%

Persons over 25

2,985

4,387

47.0%

H.S. Dropout Rate

22.9%

30.2%

32.1%

Labor Market Structure

1980

1990

1980-90

Employed Persons

2,118

2,535

19.7%

% Operators,Nonfarm Laborers and Service

36.7%

30.5%

-16.8%

% Professional & Technical

7.8%

9.5%

22.2%

% Managers & Administrators

5.2%

5.1%

-0.9%

% Sales Workers

8.0%

8.3%

4.5%

% Clerical

12.8%

10.6%

-17.3%

% Craft Workers

10.2%

10.2%

0.6%

% Operators

13.6%

12.3%

-9.4%

% Nonfarm Laborers

3.6%

4.1%

13.5%

% Service Workers

19.5%

14.1%

-27.5%

% Farm Workers

19.4%

25.7%

32.2%

% Males Working less than 26 weeks

34.2%

51.1%

49.5%

Males over 16

1,928

2,752

42.7%

Poverty and Welfare

1980

1990

1980-90

% Persons in Impoverished Families

16.1%

33.1%

105.6%

% Whites in Poverty

13.2%

23.0%

74.3%

% Blacks in Poverty

N/A

43.6%

N/A

% Hispanics in Poverty

39.1%

40.6%

3.9%

% Families Receiving Welfare or PA

15.8%

27.5%

73.8%

Income

1980

1990

1980-90

Aggregate Income

26,486,770

48,517,314

83.2%

Number of Families

1,436

1,851

28.9%

Average Family Income

$18,445

$26,218

42.1%

Aggregate Wage and Salary Income

$19,951,325

$36,854,305

84.7%

Wage & Salary Households

1,323

1,597

20.7%

Average Wage & Salary Income

$15,080

$23,074

53.0%

Aggregate Self-Employed Income

$4,368,695

$4,363,338

-0.1%

Self-Employed Households

332

266

-19.8%

Average Self-Employed Income

$13,159

$16,387

24.5%

Aggregate Earned Income

$24,320,020

$41,217,642

69.5%

Earned Income Households

1,466

1,692

15.4%

Average Earned Income

$16,589

$24,363

46.9%

Average Welfare Income per Household

$3,689

$5,803

57.3%

Households Grouped by Income Level

1980

1990

1980-90

Income Under $5,000

90

101

12.7%

Income of $5,000-9,999

359

267

-25.5%

Income of $10,000-14,999

240

306

27.4%

Income of $15,000-24,999

395

400

1.3%

Income of $25,000-49,999

306

593

93.7%

Income over $50,000

46

183

297.9%