Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bedford city GEOCODE:18-0145 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,410 100.0% 13,817 100.0% -593 -4.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,319 85.5% 11,345 82.1% -974 -7.9 -3.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 275 1.9% 497 3.6% 222 80.7 1.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 14,289 99.2% 13,636 98.7% -653 -4.6 -0.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 22 0.2% 128 0.9% 106 481.8 0.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 86 0.6% 28 0.2% -58 -67.4 -0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 13 0.1% 25 0.2% 12 92.3 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 89 0.6% 65 0.5% -24 -27.0 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 868 6.0% 829 6.0% -39 -4.5 -0.0 5-17.................. 2,646 18.4% 2,175 15.7% -471 -17.8 -2.6 18-24.................. 1,492 10.4% 1,180 8.5% -312 -20.9 -1.8 25-44.................. 3,311 23.0% 3,795 27.5% 484 14.6 4.5 45-64.................. 3,422 23.7% 2,935 21.2% -487 -14.2 -2.5 65 AND OVER............ 2,671 18.5% 2,903 21.0% 232 8.7 2.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,514 24.4% 3,004 21.7% -510 -14.5 -2.6 40 AND OVER............ 6,800 47.2% 6,690 48.4% -110 -1.6 1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 37.1 38.9 1.7 4.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,289 $23,603 1,314 5.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,881 $28,907 26 0.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,437 $12,219 782 6.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,488 10.5% 1,527 11.4% 39 2.6 0.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,932 100.0% 5,766 100.0% -166 -2.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,180 70.5% 3,925 68.1% -255 -6.1 -2.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,012 33.9% 2,141 37.1% 129 6.4 3.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,628 61.2% 3,330 57.8% -298 -8.2 -3.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,592 26.8% 1,310 22.7% -282 -17.7 -4.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 482 8.1% 505 8.8% 23 4.8 0.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 275 4.6% 272 4.7% -3 -1.1 0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,701 28.7% 1,742 30.2% 41 2.4 1.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -3.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,404 100.0% 9,633 100.0% 229 2.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,812 40.5% 3,889 40.4% 77 2.0 -0.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 798 8.5% 1,091 11.3% 293 36.7 2.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,004 100.0% 6,210 100.0% 206 3.4 FEMALE................ 2,441 40.7% 2,860 46.1% 419 17.2 5.4 EMPLOYED.............. 5,506 91.7% 5,841 94.1% 335 6.1 2.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,042 17.4% 1,351 21.8% 309 29.7 4.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 616 10.3% 817 13.2% 201 32.6 2.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,286 100.0% 6,158 100.0% -128 -2.0 OCCUPIED.............. 5,874 93.4% 5,757 93.5% -117 -2.0 0.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,347 74.0% 4,011 69.7% -336 -7.7 -4.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $50,767 $44,940 -5,827 -11.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,527 26.0% 1,746 30.3% 219 14.3 4.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $276 $300 24 8.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,065 80.6% 4,770 77.5% -295 -5.8 -3.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 180 2.9% 199 3.2% 19 10.6 0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1938.2 1949.0 10.8 0.6 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