Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bowling Green city GEOCODE:21-0200 KY ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 40,450 100.0% 40,641 100.0% 191 0.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 29,168 72.1% 28,618 70.4% -550 -1.9 -1.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 5,251 13.0% 3,992 9.8% -1,259 -24.0 -3.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 35,585 88.0% 35,215 86.6% -370 -1.0 -1.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 4,611 11.4% 4,875 12.0% 264 5.7 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 113 0.3% 449 1.1% 336 297.3 0.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 78 0.2% 69 0.2% -9 -11.5 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 294 0.7% 181 0.4% -113 -38.4 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,579 6.4% 2,400 5.9% -179 -6.9 -0.5 5-17.................. 6,427 15.9% 6,156 15.1% -271 -4.2 -0.7 18-24.................. 11,114 27.5% 8,744 21.5% -2,370 -21.3 -6.0 25-44.................. 9,443 23.3% 11,299 27.8% 1,856 19.7 4.5 45-64.................. 6,570 16.2% 6,696 16.5% 126 1.9 0.2 65 AND OVER............ 4,317 10.7% 5,346 13.2% 1,029 23.8 2.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,006 22.3% 8,556 21.1% -450 -5.0 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 12,628 31.2% 14,443 35.5% 1,815 14.4 4.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.1 29.6 4.5 17.8 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,829 $20,043 -786 -3.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,711 $27,655 -56 -0.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,284 $11,760 1,476 14.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,472 18.4% 8,759 23.9% 2,287 35.3 5.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 14,356 100.0% 15,947 100.0% 1,591 11.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 9,455 65.9% 9,618 60.3% 163 1.7 -5.5 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,525 38.5% 5,170 32.4% -355 -6.4 -6.1 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,316 51.0% 7,165 44.9% -151 -2.1 -6.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,424 23.9% 3,170 19.9% -254 -7.4 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,785 12.4% 2,039 12.8% 254 14.2 0.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,005 7.0% 1,200 7.5% 195 19.4 0.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,004 27.9% 5,027 31.5% 1,023 25.5 3.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.2 -6.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 20,330 100.0% 23,341 100.0% 3,011 14.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,100 25.1% 5,866 25.1% 766 15.0 0.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,022 19.8% 5,465 23.4% 1,443 35.9 3.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 19,714 100.0% 20,729 100.0% 1,015 5.1 FEMALE................ 9,458 48.0% 10,239 49.4% 781 8.3 1.4 EMPLOYED.............. 18,327 93.0% 19,291 93.1% 964 5.3 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,496 22.8% 5,299 25.6% 803 17.9 2.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,749 13.9% 2,840 13.7% 91 3.3 -0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 15,168 100.0% 17,501 100.0% 2,333 15.4 OCCUPIED.............. 14,313 94.4% 15,973 91.3% 1,660 11.6 -3.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,404 51.7% 8,080 50.6% 676 9.1 -1.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $73,002 $68,542 -4,460 -6.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 6,909 48.3% 7,893 49.4% 984 14.2 1.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $308 $332 24 7.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,943 59.0% 9,716 55.5% 773 8.6 -3.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 940 6.2% 1,306 7.5% 366 38.9 1.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1959.1 1966.0 6.9 0.4 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