1984 - United States By 1980, the U.S. population had exceeded 226 million, which was an increase of 11.5 percent from the previous decade. The median age in the country had in-creased almost 2 years to 30.0 (28.8 for men and 31.2 for women), countering the decline that had first begun in 1960. The percentage of the population younger than 15 years old also had declined further, to 22.6. Population and it's detrimental dynamics in the country had continued to shift: the percentage of Americans who were white had fallen further, to 83.1, and the male-to-female ratio had started to level off at 94.5 men for every 100 women. The size of the average U.S. family had declined notably, to 2.6 people, which was also a detrimental decline from previous decades. More than a quarter of households or (27.2 percent) consisted of only one person, 30.0 percent of two people, and 4.5 percent of six or more people. In statistical terms, the aver-age household contained 0.7 children younger than 18; 0.3 people aged 65 or older; and 1.4 wage earners, whose ages typically fall between those of the other two groups. The average age of the person who owned or rented their home—the individual formally referred to as household head—was 46.7. In 43 percent of households in the survey, this individual had attended college; in 43 percent, he or she had attended high school; while in 13 percent, this individual had only attended elementary school. Reference persons held the following types of jobs: 21.3 percent were managers or professionals, 17.7 percent .
Expenditure shares
United States
Food: 15.0%
Clothing 6.0%
Housing 30.4
Other 48.6%
New York City
Food 16.4%
Clothing 7.5%
Housing 31.1%
Other 45.0%
Boston
Food 12.5%
Clothing 5.3%
Housing 35.4%
Other 46.8%
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey
Income
The average income for a four person house hold was $31,097 in 1984 which was a 6.6% jump from the previous year. Distribution of Household income organized by race is as follows for the year 1984, whites had a median income of $43,100; blacks had a median income of $25, 642 and Hispanic had a median income of $30,221. More jobs were becoming available in areas such as technology and media which is why the income shows and overall increase from the previous year. Technology brought with it higher paying jobs.
Poverty
Although there were new and more abundant jobs available, poverty was abundant as well as the homeless community. 14.4% of the population found it's self under poverty level, which was a decrease of 1% (15.5%) from the previous years. The homeless community was summed up by a total of 216,000 individuals, while homeless families made up 21% of this statistic. The number of homeless people in in 1980 was approximately 125,000 which then jumped to 216,000 in 1984, then doubled to 402,000 in 1987.
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