Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Belle Glade city GEOCODE:12-0130 FL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 16,535 100.0% 16,177 100.0% -358 -2.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 14,565 88.1% 13,934 86.1% -631 -4.3 -2.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 136 0.8% 146 0.9% 10 7.4 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 6,919 41.8% 5,168 31.9% -1,751 -25.3 -9.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 8,759 53.0% 9,299 57.5% 540 6.2 4.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 35 0.2% 34 0.2% -1 -2.9 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 56 0.3% 94 0.6% 38 67.9 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 3,085 18.7% 3,605 22.3% 520 16.9 3.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,696 10.3% 1,734 10.7% 38 2.2 0.5 5-17.................. 4,013 24.3% 3,498 21.6% -515 -12.8 -2.6 18-24.................. 2,077 12.6% 1,623 10.0% -454 -21.9 -2.5 25-44.................. 4,569 27.6% 4,743 29.3% 174 3.8 1.7 45-64.................. 2,994 18.1% 3,290 20.3% 296 9.9 2.2 65 AND OVER............ 1,186 7.2% 1,289 8.0% 103 8.7 0.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,709 34.5% 5,232 32.3% -477 -8.4 -2.2 40 AND OVER............ 5,139 31.1% 5,693 35.2% 555 10.8 4.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.7 29.5 2.9 10.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,470 $19,629 -1,841 -8.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,802 $24,692 -4,110 -14.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,657 $9,899 242 2.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,172 25.5% 5,041 31.4% 869 20.8 5.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,561 100.0% 5,472 100.0% -89 -1.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,992 71.8% 3,839 70.2% -153 -3.8 -1.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,343 42.1% 2,076 37.9% -267 -11.4 -4.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,965 53.3% 2,414 44.1% -551 -18.6 -9.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,638 29.5% 1,150 21.0% -488 -29.8 -8.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 880 15.8% 1,014 18.5% 134 15.2 2.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 598 10.8% 664 12.1% 66 11.0 1.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,376 24.7% 1,259 23.0% -117 -8.5 -1.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.9 -0.0 -0.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,749 100.0% 9,322 100.0% 573 6.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,109 24.1% 1,669 17.9% -440 -20.9 -6.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 897 10.3% 950 10.2% 53 5.9 -0.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,783 100.0% 7,539 100.0% -244 -3.1 FEMALE................ 3,388 43.5% 3,282 43.5% -106 -3.1 0.0 EMPLOYED.............. 7,254 93.2% 6,306 83.6% -948 -13.1 -9.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,382 17.8% 1,295 17.2% -87 -6.3 -0.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 791 10.2% 890 11.8% 99 12.5 1.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,023 100.0% 6,045 100.0% 22 0.4 OCCUPIED.............. 5,572 92.5% 5,407 89.4% -165 -3.0 -3.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,167 38.9% 2,008 37.1% -159 -7.3 -1.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $68,735 $64,726 -4,009 -5.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,405 61.1% 3,399 62.9% -6 -0.2 1.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $312 $357 45 14.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,457 40.8% 2,112 34.9% -345 -14.0 -5.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 470 7.8% 608 10.1% 138 29.4 2.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.3 1965.0 4.7 0.2 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