Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bessemer city GEOCODE:01-0175 AL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 31,729 100.0% 33,497 100.0% 1,768 5.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 28,159 88.7% 29,136 87.0% 977 3.5 -1.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 531 1.7% 495 1.5% -36 -6.8 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 295 0.9% 295 0.9 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 15,414 48.6% 13,909 41.5% -1,505 -9.8 -7.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 16,268 51.3% 19,500 58.2% 3,232 19.9 6.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 11 0.0% 35 0.1% 24 218.2 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 36 0.1% 53 0.2% 17 47.2 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 291 0.9% 45 0.1% -246 -84.5 -0.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,631 8.3% 2,523 7.5% -108 -4.1 -0.8 5-17.................. 6,589 20.8% 6,432 19.2% -157 -2.4 -1.6 18-24.................. 3,935 12.4% 3,284 9.8% -651 -16.5 -2.6 25-44.................. 7,246 22.8% 9,137 27.3% 1,891 26.1 4.4 45-64.................. 6,500 20.5% 6,188 18.5% -312 -4.8 -2.0 65 AND OVER............ 4,828 15.2% 5,933 17.7% 1,105 22.9 2.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,220 29.1% 8,955 26.7% -265 -2.9 -2.3 40 AND OVER............ 12,660 39.9% 14,122 42.2% 1,463 11.6 2.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.5 34.2 3.8 12.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,724 $16,331 -3,393 -17.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,677 $21,013 -3,664 -14.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,885 $8,433 -452 -5.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,041 25.8% 9,790 29.7% 1,749 21.8 3.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 11,194 100.0% 12,558 100.0% 1,364 12.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,314 74.3% 8,983 71.5% 669 8.0 -2.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,305 29.5% 3,639 29.0% 334 10.1 -0.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,937 53.0% 5,332 42.5% -605 -10.2 -10.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,659 23.8% 2,252 17.9% -407 -15.3 -5.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,058 18.4% 3,164 25.2% 1,106 53.7 6.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,177 10.5% 1,594 12.7% 417 35.4 2.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,741 24.5% 3,350 26.7% 609 22.2 2.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -5.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 18,574 100.0% 21,258 100.0% 2,684 14.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,894 31.7% 6,740 31.7% 846 14.4 -0.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,303 7.0% 1,532 7.2% 229 17.6 0.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,452 100.0% 13,316 100.0% 1,864 16.3 FEMALE................ 4,998 43.6% 6,509 48.9% 1,511 30.2 5.2 EMPLOYED.............. 10,365 90.5% 11,903 89.4% 1,538 14.8 -1.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,494 13.0% 1,834 13.8% 340 22.8 0.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,739 15.2% 2,156 16.2% 417 24.0 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,900 100.0% 13,783 100.0% 1,883 15.8 OCCUPIED.............. 11,207 94.2% 12,584 91.3% 1,377 12.3 -2.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,501 58.0% 7,433 59.1% 932 14.3 1.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $52,402 $45,461 -6,941 -13.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,706 42.0% 5,151 40.9% 445 9.5 -1.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $252 $270 18 7.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 9,249 77.7% 10,622 77.1% 1,373 14.8 -0.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 111 0.9% 195 1.4% 84 75.7 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.9 1958.0 5.1 0.3 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