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. TABLE 1 POPULATION CHANCE: 1980 to 1990 1990 1990 Change Total Population 20,029 18,910 -6% Under 5 years 1,100 1,231 12% 5 to 17 years 4,086 2,890 -29% 18 to 30 years 4,567 3,497 -3% 30 to 44 years 3,539 4,178 -18%n 45 to 59 years 3,799 3,081 -19% 60 to 64 years 951 1,124 18% 65 years and over 1,987 2,909 46% Median Age 31.0 31.0 Source: 1980 and 1990 Census. Although the median age of the residents of Columbia Heights (31.0 years) has not changed since 1980, it is important to note than the age group, 65 years of age and older, increased by 46 percent from 1980 to 1990--more that any other age group. The Metro Council projects (for the metro area) the number of elderly persons 85 years of age and over will increase by 25 percent in the 1990s. The group known as "baby boomers" (people born between 1946 and 1965) triggered the creation of thousands of new classrooms across the nation. Likewise., in the 1970s and 1980s they were responsible for the addition of thousands of housing units in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area as well as other parts of the country. As baby boomers age, the 35 to 49 age group will become the largest age group and the "baby boomlet," an increase in births to baby boomers, will decline in the 1990s as baby boomers move out of their child-bearing years. According to the Metro Council, the number of people ages 15 to 24 will continue to decline. The change in racial composition in Columbia Heights is shown in Table 2. Overall, the percentage of non-whites has increased from 2.2 percent in 1980 to 4.4 percent in 1990. Those persons of hispanic rv�zs 2