Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Portage city GEOCODE:18-2080 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 27,409 100.0% 29,060 100.0% 1,651 6.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 25,222 92.0% 25,911 89.2% 689 2.7 -2.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 126 0.5% 213 0.7% 87 69.0 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 26,887 98.1% 28,270 97.3% 1,383 5.1 -0.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 36 0.1% 83 0.3% 47 130.6 0.2 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 96 0.4% 144 0.5% 48 50.0 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 60 0.2% 57 0.2% -3 -5.0 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,360 5.0% 1,833 6.3% 473 34.8 1.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,436 8.9% 2,029 7.0% -407 -16.7 -1.9 5-17.................. 6,462 23.6% 6,127 21.1% -335 -5.2 -2.5 18-24.................. 3,623 13.2% 2,676 9.2% -947 -26.1 -4.0 25-44.................. 8,531 31.1% 9,628 33.1% 1,097 12.9 2.0 45-64.................. 4,865 17.7% 5,645 19.4% 780 16.0 1.7 65 AND OVER............ 1,492 5.4% 2,955 10.2% 1,463 98.1 4.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,898 32.5% 8,156 28.1% -742 -8.3 -4.4 40 AND OVER............ 8,052 29.4% 11,053 38.0% 3,001 37.3 8.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.2 32.7 5.5 20.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $41,989 $33,118 -8,871 -21.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $44,792 $37,032 -7,760 -17.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,170 $13,057 -1,113 -7.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,397 5.1% 2,270 7.9% 873 62.5 2.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 9,161 100.0% 10,505 100.0% 1,344 14.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,423 81.0% 8,032 76.5% 609 8.2 -4.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,864 42.2% 4,509 42.9% 645 16.7 0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,587 71.9% 6,518 62.0% -69 -1.0 -9.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,818 41.7% 3,346 31.9% -472 -12.4 -9.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 651 7.1% 1,160 11.0% 509 78.2 3.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 489 5.3% 749 7.1% 260 53.2 1.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,477 16.1% 2,074 19.7% 597 40.4 3.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.7 -0.2 -7.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 14,888 100.0% 18,228 100.0% 3,340 22.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,423 49.9% 8,202 45.0% 779 10.5 -4.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 985 6.6% 1,698 9.3% 713 72.4 2.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 12,983 100.0% 14,027 100.0% 1,044 8.0 FEMALE................ 4,823 37.1% 6,057 43.2% 1,234 25.6 6.0 EMPLOYED.............. 11,824 91.1% 13,161 93.8% 1,337 11.3 2.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,435 11.1% 2,451 17.5% 1,016 70.8 6.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,396 10.8% 1,709 12.2% 313 22.4 1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,597 100.0% 10,864 100.0% 1,267 13.2 OCCUPIED.............. 9,151 95.4% 10,520 96.8% 1,369 15.0 1.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,920 75.6% 7,437 70.7% 517 7.5 -4.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $81,640 $63,700 -17,941 -22.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,231 24.4% 3,083 29.3% 852 38.2 4.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $479 $432 -47 -9.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,458 67.3% 6,832 62.9% 374 5.8 -4.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,241 12.9% 1,846 17.0% 605 48.8 4.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1968.6 1971.0 2.4 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