Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Great Bend city GEOCODE:20-1090 KS ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 16,608 100.0% 15,427 100.0% -1,181 -7.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 14,334 86.3% 12,798 83.0% -1,536 -10.7 -3.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 282 1.7% 380 2.5% 98 34.8 0.8 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 16,060 96.7% 14,726 95.5% -1,334 -8.3 -1.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 282 1.7% 263 1.7% -19 -6.7 0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 131 0.8% 42 0.3% -89 -67.9 -0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 29 0.2% 52 0.3% 23 79.3 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 246 1.5% 651 4.2% 405 164.6 2.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,386 8.3% 1,175 7.6% -211 -15.2 -0.7 5-17.................. 3,217 19.4% 2,864 18.6% -353 -11.0 -0.8 18-24.................. 2,194 13.2% 1,230 8.0% -964 -43.9 -5.2 25-44.................. 4,272 25.7% 4,345 28.2% 73 1.7 2.4 45-64.................. 3,378 20.3% 3,194 20.7% -184 -5.4 0.4 65 AND OVER............ 2,161 13.0% 2,619 17.0% 458 21.2 4.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,603 27.7% 4,039 26.2% -564 -12.3 -1.5 40 AND OVER............ 6,378 38.4% 6,540 42.4% 163 2.5 4.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.3 34.9 4.6 15.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,115 $23,304 -5,811 -20.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,678 $30,176 -4,502 -13.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,078 $11,937 -1,141 -8.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,492 9.1% 2,235 14.8% 743 49.8 5.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,336 100.0% 6,317 100.0% -19 -0.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,551 71.8% 4,266 67.5% -285 -6.3 -4.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,906 45.9% 2,531 40.1% -375 -12.9 -5.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,029 63.6% 3,640 57.6% -389 -9.7 -6.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,020 31.9% 1,636 25.9% -384 -19.0 -6.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 430 6.8% 497 7.9% 67 15.6 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 289 4.6% 354 5.6% 65 22.5 1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,622 25.6% 1,882 29.8% 260 16.0 4.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -7.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,811 100.0% 10,158 100.0% 347 3.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,007 40.8% 3,154 31.0% -853 -21.3 -9.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,343 13.7% 1,567 15.4% 224 16.7 1.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,541 100.0% 7,600 100.0% -941 -11.0 FEMALE................ 3,683 43.1% 3,454 45.4% -229 -6.2 2.3 EMPLOYED.............. 8,355 97.8% 7,321 96.3% -1,034 -12.4 -1.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,590 18.6% 1,711 22.5% 121 7.6 3.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,220 14.3% 1,038 13.7% -182 -14.9 -0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,879 100.0% 7,050 100.0% 171 2.5 OCCUPIED.............. 6,379 92.7% 6,316 89.6% -63 -1.0 -3.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,394 68.9% 4,134 65.5% -260 -5.9 -3.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $73,199 $46,911 -26,288 -35.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,985 31.1% 2,182 34.5% 197 9.9 3.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $343 $310 -33 -9.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,266 76.6% 5,424 76.9% 158 3.0 0.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 550 8.0% 615 8.7% 65 11.8 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.9 1957.0 4.1 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