Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Blue Island city GEOCODE:17-0545 IL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 21,855 100.0% 21,203 100.0% -652 -3.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 18,556 84.9% 18,184 85.8% -372 -2.0 0.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 59 0.3% 55 0.3% -4 -6.8 -0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 19,203 87.9% 16,029 75.6% -3,174 -16.5 -12.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,077 4.9% 2,974 14.0% 1,897 176.1 9.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 155 0.7% 78 0.4% -77 -49.7 -0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 18 0.1% 24 0.1% 6 33.3 0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 3,459 15.8% 5,196 24.5% 1,737 50.2 8.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,714 7.8% 1,722 8.1% 8 0.5 0.3 5-17.................. 3,746 17.1% 3,922 18.5% 176 4.7 1.4 18-24.................. 3,140 14.4% 2,084 9.8% -1,056 -33.6 -4.5 25-44.................. 5,660 25.9% 6,880 32.4% 1,220 21.6 6.6 45-64.................. 4,555 20.8% 3,766 17.8% -789 -17.3 -3.1 65 AND OVER............ 3,040 13.9% 2,829 13.3% -211 -6.9 -0.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,460 25.0% 5,644 26.6% 184 3.4 1.6 40 AND OVER............ 8,587 39.3% 7,639 36.0% -948 -11.0 -3.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.8 31.7 0.8 2.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $28,992 $29,234 242 0.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $35,479 $34,179 -1,300 -3.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,885 $11,845 -1,040 -8.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,062 9.5% 1,785 8.5% -277 -13.4 -1.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,618 100.0% 7,898 100.0% -720 -8.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,750 66.7% 5,319 67.3% -431 -7.5 0.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,111 36.1% 2,945 37.3% -166 -5.3 1.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,348 50.5% 3,849 48.7% -499 -11.5 -1.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,110 24.5% 1,986 25.1% -124 -5.9 0.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,092 12.7% 1,163 14.7% 71 6.5 2.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 500 5.8% 565 7.2% 65 13.0 1.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,563 29.7% 2,294 29.0% -269 -10.5 -0.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.7 0.1 5.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 13,255 100.0% 13,475 100.0% 220 1.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,125 38.7% 4,407 32.7% -718 -14.0 -6.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,258 9.5% 1,396 10.4% 138 11.0 0.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,964 100.0% 10,507 100.0% -457 -4.2 FEMALE................ 4,647 42.4% 4,476 42.6% -171 -3.7 0.2 EMPLOYED.............. 10,167 92.7% 9,616 91.5% -551 -5.4 -1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,649 15.0% 1,554 14.8% -95 -5.8 -0.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,246 11.4% 1,483 14.1% 237 19.0 2.7 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,856 100.0% 8,600 100.0% -256 -2.9 OCCUPIED.............. 8,506 96.0% 7,934 92.3% -572 -6.7 -3.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,163 48.9% 4,204 53.0% 41 1.0 4.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $68,646 $64,781 -3,865 -5.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,343 51.1% 3,730 47.0% -613 -14.1 -4.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $379 $433 54 14.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,708 41.9% 3,628 42.2% -80 -2.2 0.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 241 2.7% 342 4.0% 101 41.9 1.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1944.9 1946.0 1.1 0.1 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