Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bell city GEOCODE:06-0210 CA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 25,450 100.0% 34,365 100.0% 8,915 35.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 22,286 87.6% 31,779 92.5% 9,493 42.6 4.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 91 0.4% 332 1.0% 241 264.8 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 19,358 76.1% 14,495 42.2% -4,863 -25.1 -33.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 82 0.3% 282 0.8% 200 243.9 0.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 405 1.6% 583 1.7% 178 44.0 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 201 0.8% 274 0.8% 73 36.3 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 16,058 63.1% 29,536 85.9% 13,478 83.9 22.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,746 10.8% 4,065 11.8% 1,319 48.0 1.0 5-17.................. 5,561 21.9% 7,757 22.6% 2,196 39.5 0.7 18-24.................. 3,504 13.8% 5,001 14.6% 1,497 42.7 0.8 25-44.................. 6,653 26.1% 11,104 32.3% 4,451 66.9 6.2 45-64.................. 4,412 17.3% 4,242 12.3% -170 -3.9 -5.0 65 AND OVER............ 2,574 10.1% 2,196 6.4% -378 -14.7 -3.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,307 32.6% 11,822 34.4% 3,515 42.3 1.8 40 AND OVER............ 8,252 32.4% 8,193 23.8% -59 -0.7 -8.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.0 25.5 -1.5 -5.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,582 $22,515 933 4.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $26,327 $23,262 -3,065 -11.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,056 $7,104 -1,952 -21.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,920 19.5% 8,909 26.1% 3,989 81.1 6.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,852 100.0% 8,974 100.0% 122 1.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,140 69.4% 7,174 79.9% 1,034 16.8 10.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,724 30.8% 3,558 39.6% 834 30.6 8.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,650 52.5% 4,771 53.2% 121 2.6 0.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,734 30.9% 3,229 36.0% 495 18.1 5.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,083 12.2% 1,450 16.2% 367 33.9 3.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 722 8.2% 907 10.1% 185 25.6 2.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,402 27.1% 1,467 16.3% -935 -38.9 -10.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 3.8 0.9 32.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 13,639 100.0% 17,542 100.0% 3,903 28.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,818 28.0% 3,341 19.0% -477 -12.5 -8.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 519 3.8% 653 3.7% 134 25.8 -0.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,552 100.0% 14,741 100.0% 4,189 39.7 FEMALE................ 3,974 37.7% 5,472 37.1% 1,498 37.7 -0.5 EMPLOYED.............. 9,793 92.8% 12,918 87.6% 3,125 31.9 -5.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 799 7.6% 1,044 7.1% 245 30.7 -0.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,093 10.4% 1,609 10.9% 516 47.2 0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,248 100.0% 9,401 100.0% 153 1.7 OCCUPIED.............. 8,855 95.8% 9,013 95.9% 158 1.8 0.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,010 34.0% 2,743 30.4% -267 -8.9 -3.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $103,007 $171,534 68,527 66.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,845 66.0% 6,270 69.6% 425 7.3 3.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $374 $548 174 46.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,018 43.4% 4,814 51.2% 796 19.8 7.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 380 4.1% 409 4.4% 29 7.6 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1951.8 1957.0 5.2 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