Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bell Gardens city GEOCODE:06-0220 CA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 34,117 100.0% 42,355 100.0% 8,238 24.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 31,447 92.2% 40,334 95.2% 8,887 28.3 3.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 503 1.5% 473 1.1% -30 -6.0 -0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 26,979 79.1% 16,168 38.2% -10,811 -40.1 -40.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 102 0.3% 181 0.4% 79 77.5 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 203 0.6% 558 1.3% 355 174.9 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 870 2.6% 598 1.4% -272 -31.3 -1.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 21,956 64.4% 36,934 87.2% 14,978 68.2 22.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,837 14.2% 5,420 12.8% 583 12.1 -1.4 5-17.................. 9,649 28.3% 11,669 27.6% 2,020 20.9 -0.7 18-24.................. 4,616 13.5% 6,346 15.0% 1,730 37.5 1.5 25-44.................. 9,105 26.7% 13,142 31.0% 4,037 44.3 4.3 45-64.................. 4,002 11.7% 4,103 9.7% 101 2.5 -2.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,908 5.6% 1,675 4.0% -233 -12.2 -1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 14,486 42.5% 17,089 40.3% 2,603 18.0 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 7,504 22.0% 7,929 18.7% 425 5.7 -3.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 22.0 22.7 0.7 3.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,730 $23,819 3,089 14.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $22,002 $23,308 1,306 5.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $6,484 $6,125 -359 -5.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 8,502 25.3% 10,875 26.1% 2,373 27.9 0.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,400 100.0% 9,300 100.0% -100 -1.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,656 81.4% 8,203 88.2% 547 7.1 6.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,934 31.2% 4,512 48.5% 1,578 53.8 17.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,698 60.6% 5,652 60.8% -46 -0.8 0.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,070 43.3% 4,483 48.2% 413 10.1 4.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,495 15.9% 1,742 18.7% 247 16.5 2.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,131 12.0% 1,162 12.5% 31 2.7 0.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,443 15.4% 860 9.2% -583 -40.4 -6.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.6 4.5 0.9 25.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 15,015 100.0% 18,920 100.0% 3,905 26.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,324 22.1% 3,107 16.4% -217 -6.5 -5.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 367 2.4% 326 1.7% -41 -11.2 -0.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,511 100.0% 17,470 100.0% 5,959 51.8 FEMALE................ 3,793 33.0% 6,391 36.6% 2,598 68.5 3.6 EMPLOYED.............. 10,382 90.2% 15,133 86.6% 4,751 45.8 -3.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 523 4.5% 1,040 6.0% 517 98.9 1.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,062 9.2% 2,308 13.2% 1,246 117.3 4.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,759 100.0% 9,546 100.0% -213 -2.2 OCCUPIED.............. 9,314 95.4% 9,244 96.8% -70 -0.8 1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,301 24.7% 2,082 22.5% -219 -9.5 -2.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $101,570 $180,817 79,247 78.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 7,013 75.3% 7,162 77.5% 149 2.1 2.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $390 $605 215 55.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,799 69.7% 5,918 62.0% -881 -13.0 -7.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 488 5.0% 363 3.8% -125 -25.6 -1.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1953.9 1960.0 6.1 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