Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bridgeport city GEOCODE:09-0200 CT ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 142,546 100.0% 141,686 100.0% -860 -0.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 119,550 83.9% 116,428 82.2% -3,122 -2.6 -1.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,581 3.2% 4,215 3.0% -366 -8.0 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 100,805 70.7% 83,124 58.7% -17,681 -17.5 -12.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 29,871 21.0% 37,753 26.6% 7,882 26.4 5.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,241 0.9% 3,019 2.1% 1,778 143.3 1.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 286 0.2% 303 0.2% 17 5.9 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 26,906 18.9% 35,840 25.3% 8,934 33.2 6.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 11,202 7.9% 11,462 8.1% 260 2.3 0.2 5-17.................. 28,813 20.2% 25,526 18.0% -3,287 -11.4 -2.2 18-24.................. 19,430 13.6% 15,723 11.1% -3,707 -19.1 -2.5 25-44.................. 35,605 25.0% 46,510 32.8% 10,905 30.6 7.8 45-64.................. 28,617 20.1% 23,205 16.4% -5,412 -18.9 -3.7 65 AND OVER............ 18,879 13.2% 19,260 13.6% 381 2.0 0.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 40,015 28.1% 36,988 26.1% -3,027 -7.6 -2.0 40 AND OVER............ 54,134 38.0% 50,834 35.9% -3,300 -6.1 -2.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.8 31.4 1.6 5.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,663 $28,704 5,041 21.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,513 $33,090 4,577 16.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,386 $13,156 2,770 26.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 28,338 20.4% 23,463 17.1% -4,875 -17.2 -3.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 52,266 100.0% 52,531 100.0% 265 0.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 36,098 69.1% 34,819 66.3% -1,279 -3.5 -2.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 17,563 33.6% 18,556 35.3% 993 5.7 1.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 24,340 46.6% 22,076 42.0% -2,264 -9.3 -4.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 11,011 21.1% 10,247 19.5% -764 -6.9 -1.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 10,167 19.5% 10,484 20.0% 317 3.1 0.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 6,790 13.0% 6,372 12.1% -418 -6.2 -0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 14,444 27.6% 15,059 28.7% 615 4.3 1.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.6 -0.0 -0.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 83,101 100.0% 88,975 100.0% 5,874 7.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 26,040 31.3% 27,510 30.9% 1,470 5.6 -0.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 7,269 8.7% 10,922 12.3% 3,653 50.3 3.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 64,302 100.0% 69,874 100.0% 5,572 8.7 FEMALE................ 29,353 45.6% 33,239 47.6% 3,886 13.2 1.9 EMPLOYED.............. 59,711 92.9% 62,443 89.4% 2,732 4.6 -3.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 8,578 13.3% 11,880 17.0% 3,302 38.5 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 8,955 13.9% 10,900 15.6% 1,945 21.7 1.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 55,214 100.0% 57,224 100.0% 2,010 3.6 OCCUPIED.............. 52,026 94.2% 52,328 91.4% 302 0.6 -2.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 21,955 42.2% 23,104 44.2% 1,149 5.2 2.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $89,320 $147,635 58,315 65.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 30,071 57.8% 29,224 55.8% -847 -2.8 -2.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $398 $594 196 49.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 17,944 32.5% 16,754 29.3% -1,190 -6.6 -3.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 41 0.1% 6 0.0% -35 -85.4 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1941.3 1948.0 6.7 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