United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

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No. 764. U r b a n I n t e r m e d i a t e B u d g e t f o r a 4 - P e r s o n F a m ily a n d a R e t i r e d C o u p l e — U .S .
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18 6 7, u rb a n U .S ................................................................. 9 , 0 7 6 2 , 1 0 5 2 , 2 3 0 8 7 2 4 7 7 3 , 8 5 7 1, 0 4 8 1 , 3 3 0 3 8 2 2 0 6
P e r c e n t............................................................................... 1 0 0 . 0 23.2 24.6 9.6 5.3 1 0 0 . 0 27 . 2 3 4 . 5 9 .9 7.7
1 9 7 0 , u rb a n U .S ................................................................ 1 0 , 6 6 4 2 , 4 5 2 2,501 9 1 2 5 6 4 4 , 4 8 9 1 , 2 2 0 1 , 5 5 4 4 1 3 3 7 0
P e r c e n t............................................................................... 1 0 0 .0 23 . 0 S 3 .S 6.6 5.3 1 0 0 . 0 2 7 . 2 3 4 . 6 9.2 8 .2
1 9 7 5 , u rb a n U .S ................................ .............................. 1 5 , 3 1 6 3 , 8 2 7 3 , 5 3 3 1, 2 7 9 6 2 2 6 , 4 6 5 1 , 9 1 2 2 , 1 9 2 5 7 7 5 5 5
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1 97 6 , u rb a n U .S ......................................................... 1 6 , 2 3 6 3 ,8 5 9 3 , 6 4 3 1,403 9 0 0 8 , 7 3 8 1 , 9 1 4 2 , 3 3 4 6 2 9 5 7 4
P e r c e n t...... ................................................................ 1 0 0 . 0 23.6 23.7 8.6 5.5 1 0 0 . 0 28 . 4 3 4 . 6 9 .3 8.5
1 97 7 , u rb a n U .S ......................................................... 1 7 , 1 0 6 4, 0 9 8 4 , 0 1 6 1,472 9 8 5 7 , 2 4 9 2 , 0 3 5 2 , 5 1 8 6 5 8 6 8 0
P e r c e n t............................................................................... 1 0 0 . 0 24.0 23 . 5 8.6 5,8 1 0 0 . 0 28.1 3 4 . 7 9.1 9.4
1 97 8 , u rb a n U .S ................................................................ 1 6 , 6 2 2 4, 6 0 9 4 , 1 8 2 1,572 1 , 0 7 0 7 , 8 4 6 2 , 2 9 9 2, 6 4 1 7 0 1 7 6 9
P e r c e n t,,.,.................................................................. 1 0 0 .0 24.8 22 . 5 8.4 5.7 1 0 0 . 0 2 9 .3 3 3 . 7 8 . 9 9 .8
1 9 7 9 , u rb a n U . S ............................. 2 0 , 5 1 7 5, 0 4 4 4 , 5 9 4 1,851 1 , 1 7 6 8 , 5 6 2 2 , 5 0 7 2 , 8 6 2 8 2 0 8 4 2
P e r c e n t............................................................................... 1 0 0 . 0 24 . 6 22 . 4 9.0 5.7 1 0 0 . 0 29 . 3 3 3 . 4 9.6 9.8
1 9 8 0 , u rb a n U .S ................................................................. 2 3 , 1 3 4 5,571 5 , 1 0 6 2 , 1 1 6 1 , 3 0 3 9 , 4 3 4 2 , 7 7 2 3 , 1 0 6 9 5 0 9 5 0
P e rc e n t............................................................................ 1 0 0 . 0 24.1 22.1 9.1 5.6 1 0 0 . 0 2 9 . 4 3 2 . 0 10.1 10.1
P e rc e n t c h a n g e , u rb a n U .S .:
1 9 6 7 - 1 9 7 0 ............................................................... 1 7 . 5 16.5 12.2 4.6 18.2 16.4 16.4 16.8 8.1 25.0
1 9 7 0 - 1 9 7 5 ................................ 4 3 . 6 66.1 41 . 3 40.2 45 . 7 44 . 0 56.7 41.1 3 0 . 7 50.0
1 9 7 5 - 1 9 8 0 ................................ 5 1 . 0 4 5 .6 4 4 . 5 65.4 58 . 5 45 . 9 4 5 . 0 4 1 . 7 64 . 6 71.2
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U r b a n U .S ., t o t a l 3................. ............. 2 5 , 4 0 7 5, 6 4 3 5, 5 4 6 2,372 1, 4 4 3 1 0 , 2 2 6 2 , 6 9 8 3 , 3 9 3 1, 0 7 3 1,091
P e r c e n t ............ ........... .............. 1 0 0 , 0 23.0 21 . 8 9,3 5,7 1 0 0 . 0 2B . 3 3 3 . 2 10.5 10 . 7
N o n m e tro p o lita n a r e a s 4 .............................................. 2 3 , 2 3 8 5,521 5 , 0 4 5 2, 3 3 3 1, 2 7 4 9 , 2 0 3 2 , 7 8 7 2 , 7 0 8 1 , 0 2 7 1 . 0 7 4
M e tro p o lita n a r e a s .......................................................... 2 5 , 8 9 3 5 , 9 1 5 5 , 6 5 9 2 , 3 8 0 1.481 1 0 , 5 6 8 Z 9 3 5 3 , 6 2 2 1 , 0 8 9 1 , 0 9 7
A tla n ta , Q a ........... ..................... 2 3 , 2 7 3 5, 6 1 4 4,551 2, 3 0 7 1, 2 9 6 2,801 2 , 6 6 9 1 , 1 7 7 1 , 0 7 6
9 , 5 1 6
B a ltim o re , M d ........................— 2 5 , 1 1 4 5 , 5 2 6 5 , 4 7 6 2, 2 9 2 1, 3 3 5 10, 0 5 1 2 , 7 2 4 3 , 3 6 8 1 , 1 4 6 1 , 0 5 3
B o s to n . M a s s ............ ...... .......... 2 9 , 2 1 3 5 , 9 1 8 7, 0 4 3 2 , 7 8 2 1, 3 1 6 1 1 , 9 2 5 2 , 9 6 6 4 , 7 6 5 1 . 1 4 8 1 , 0 5 6
B u ffa lo , N.Y.............................................. 2 6 , 4 7 3 5 , 8 9 0 5 , 4 7 6 2, 5 1 3 1,159 1 0 , 7 4 4 2 , 9 5 8 3 , 6 6 7 1 , 2 1 2 1 , 0 1 7
C h ic a g o , lll.-N o rth w e s te m In d ............................. 2 5 , 3 5 6 5 , 7 7 9 5 , 6 0 7 2, 4 9 8 1 , 5 6 6 1 0 , 0 7 0 2 , 8 5 3 3 , 2 7 0 1 , 0 3 7 1 , 1 0 9
C in c in n a ti, O h io -K y .-In d ............................................ 2 5 , 4 7 5 5 , 9 3 9 5 , 3 9 2 2. 3 1 2 1, 3 0 7 1 0 , 0 3 8 2 . 9 4 2 3 , 1 0 8 1,061 1 , 0 9 2
C le v e la n d , O h io ......................................................... 2 5 , 5 9 8 5 . 6 6 9 5 , 5 6 6 2, 3 5 8 1, 4 4 3 1 0 , 5 0 0 2 , 9 0 8 3 , 4 5 8 1,161 1,051
22,67ft 4 , 7 7 2 1,1R4 1 J 3 6
D e n v e r, C o lo .,.............................................................. 2 4 ^ 8 2 0 5^ 4 8 0 5 , 3 7 9 2,423 l|S 3 1 1 0 , 0 2 8 2 1 7 1 6 3 , 1 9 7 li l 7 0 l | 0 B 6
D e tro it, M ic h ................................................................. 2 5 , 2 0 8 5, 6 8 6 5, 6 0 4 2, 2 6 6 1,460 1 0 , 3 9 5 2 , 9 0 8 3 , 5 2 5 1 , 1 2 9 1 , 0 7 0
H o n o lu lu , H a w a ii........ ............ .................................. 3 1 , 8 9 3 7, 6 2 6 6, 4 9 3 2,421 1,590 1 2 , 1 5 7 3 , 8 0 0 3 , 8 2 7 1, 2 9 3 1 ,1 2 0
H o u s to n , T e x ................................................................. 2 3 , 6 0 1 5, 6 1 6 4 , 8 3 9 2, 3 4 9 1,685 9 , 9 9 6 2 , 8 7 7 3 , 0 5 5 1 , 0 9 5 1 , 1 5 8
K a n s a s C ity , M o .-K a n a ........................................... 2 4 , 5 2 8 5,727 4,951 2,474 1, 4 2 6 9 . 9 7 8 2 , 8 2 8 3 , 0 2 4 1 , 1 3 9 1 , 1 2 6
L o s A n g e le s -L o n g B e a c h , C a lif......................... 2 5 , 0 2 5 5, 7 0 0 5, 4 3 6 2, 4 6 4 1, 8 7 6 1 0 , 2 3 8 2 , 8 2 4 3 , 2 4 3 1 , 2 7 8 1 ,1 9 1
M ilw a u k e e , W is ............................................................ 2 6 , 6 7 5 5, 6 6 0 5 , 8 8 9 2,424 1, 3 9 5 1 0 , 6 7 3 2 , 8 0 4 3 , 6 9 9 1 , 1 8 8 1 , 0 8 3
M ln n e a p o lls -S t. P a u l, M in n .................................. 2 5 , 7 9 9 5,607 5 , 3 3 6 2, 3 4 9 1 , 2 4 9 10,121 2 , 7 6 0 3 , 3 5 1 1 , 1 3 8 1 , 0 3 6
N e w Y o r k , N .Y .-N o rth e a s te rn N .J .................... 2 9 , 5 4 0 6, 5 7 8 6, 7 1 7 2, 1 6 0 1,446 1 1 , 6 2 3 3 , 2 8 4 4 , 6 2 0 7 7 5 1, 0 8 4
P h ila d e lp h ia , P a .- N .J ............................................... 2 6 , 5 6 7 6, 5 1 6 5,621 2,334 1, 5 3 0 1 0 , 0 4 6 3 , 2 2 3 3 , 7 1 0 9 6 0 1,091
P itts b u rg h , P a .......................................... 2 4 , 7 1 7 6, 0 4 0 4 , 9 3 9 2,501 1,319 1 0 , 5 0 3 3 , 0 1 8 3 , 3 9 6 1 , 2 3 8 1 , 0 8 4
S t. L o u is, M o .- lll..................... ................................... 2 4 , 4 9 8 6,081 5,014 2, 4 5 5 1,313 1 0 , 1 0 8 3 , 0 1 8 3 , 1 1 8 1 , 1 6 9 1 , 0 6 2
S a n D ie g o , C a lif .......................................................... 2 4 , 7 7 6 5,569 6. 4 1 5 2,392 1, 7 5 5 9 , 8 2 7 2 , 7 4 6 3 , 0 0 8 1 , 2 0 3 1 , 1 5 6
S a n P ra n c is c o -O a k la n d , C a lif............................ 2 7 , 0 6 2 5, 9 0 5 6 , 0 6 4 2, 5 4 4 1, 6 7 3 10 , 9 2 1 2 , 9 0 4 3 , 6 0 4 1 , 3 0 0 1 , 1 7 5
S e a ttle -E v e re tt, W a s h .............................................. 2 5 , 8 8 1 5, 6 8 0 6,031 2,445 1,633 1 1 , 3 4 3 2 , 9 3 9 4 , 0 7 7 1,201 1 , 1 3 5
W a s h in g to n , D .C .*M d .-V a ...................................... 2 7 , 3 5 2 6,969 5, 8 2 7 2, 3 5 6 1,467 1 1 , 0 0 0 2 , 9 7 7 3 , 7 6 9 1 , 1 6 8 1 , 1 2 2
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s e p a ra te ly . in c lu d e s w e ig h te d a v e ra g e c o s t o f re n te r a n d h o m e o w n e r s h e lte r, h o u s e tu rn ls h in g s , a n d h o u s e h o ld o p e ra tio n s .
* P ro c e d u re s u s e d In u p d a tin g th e b u d g e ts to 1 9 7 9 ,1 9 6 0 , a n d 1 9 9 1 d iffe r fro m p ro c e d u re s u s e d in p rio r y e a rs . A s a re s u lt o f th e
revisio n o f th e C o n s u m e r P ric e In d e x (C P I) p ro g ra m in J a n u a ry 1 9 7 6 , individ u al a r e a p ric e c h a n g e s fro m a u tu m n 1 9 7 8 to a u tu m n
1 9 7 9 , a u tu m n 1 9 7 9 t o a u tu m n 1 9 8 0 , a n d a u tu m n I 8 6 0 to a u tu m n 1 9 6 1 w e re n o lo n g e r a v a ila b le fo r 1 5 o f t h e 3 9 fa m ily b u d g e t
m e tro p o lita n a re a s . T h e u rb a n U .S . a v e r a g e in c lu d e s e s tim a te s fo r th e s e a re a s , h o w e v e r, u sin g p ric e d a t a f o r t h e a p p ro p ria te
re g io n /p o p u fa tio n s iz e c la s s e s w h ic h a r e a v a ila b le fro m th e C P I. 4P la c e s w ith p o p u la tio n o f 2 ,5 0 0 - 5 0 , 0 0 0 in i 9 6 0 .
S o u rc e : U .S . B u re a u o f L a b o r S ta tis tic s , Autum n Urban Fam ily Budget and Comparative Indexes fo r Selected Urban Areas,
a n n u a l (S u p p l. to B u lle tin 1 5 7 0 - 5 ) ; a n d 3 Budgets fo r a R etired Couple, Autumn, a n n u a l. (S u p p l. to B u lle tin 1 5 7 0 - 6 . )