Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Biddeford city GEOCODE:23-0420 ME ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 19,638 100.0% 20,710 100.0% 1,072 5.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 16,639 84.7% 16,656 80.4% 17 0.1 -4.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 753 3.8% 911 4.4% 158 21.0 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 19,511 99.4% 20,542 99.2% 1,031 5.3 -0.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 0 0.0% 6 0.0% 6 0.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 31 0.2% 111 0.5% 80 258.1 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 90 0.5% 43 0.2% -47 -52.2 -0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 38 0.2% 86 0.4% 48 126.3 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,279 6.5% 1,487 7.2% 208 16.3 0.7 5-17.................. 4,122 21.0% 3,289 15.9% -833 -20.2 -5.1 18-24.................. 2,549 13.0% 2,680 12.9% 131 5.1 -0.0 25-44.................. 4,633 23.6% 6,129 29.6% 1,496 32.3 6.0 45-64.................. 4,212 21.4% 3,928 19.0% -284 -6.7 -2.5 65 AND OVER............ 2,843 14.5% 3,197 15.4% 354 12.5 1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,401 27.5% 4,776 23.1% -625 -11.6 -4.4 40 AND OVER............ 7,970 40.6% 8,382 40.5% 412 5.2 -0.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.4 32.8 1.4 4.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,021 $28,496 4,475 18.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $29,224 $33,984 4,760 16.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,765 $12,382 2,617 26.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,803 9.5% 2,273 11.5% 470 26.1 1.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,024 100.0% 7,976 100.0% 952 13.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,078 72.3% 5,439 68.2% 361 7.1 -4.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,066 43.7% 3,418 42.9% 352 11.5 -0.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,164 59.3% 4,276 53.6% 112 2.7 -5.7 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,995 28.4% 1,861 23.3% -134 -6.7 -5.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 720 10.3% 964 12.1% 244 33.9 1.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 445 6.3% 560 7.0% 115 25.8 0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,717 24.4% 2,021 25.3% 304 17.7 0.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -7.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,688 100.0% 13,254 100.0% 1,566 13.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,894 33.3% 4,955 37.4% 1,061 27.2 4.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,105 9.5% 1,421 10.7% 316 28.6 1.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,439 100.0% 11,050 100.0% 1,611 17.1 FEMALE................ 4,298 45.5% 5,400 48.9% 1,102 25.6 3.3 EMPLOYED.............. 8,941 94.7% 10,348 93.6% 1,407 15.7 -1.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,190 12.6% 1,801 16.3% 611 51.3 3.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,039 11.0% 1,638 14.8% 599 57.7 3.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,528 100.0% 9,051 100.0% 1,523 20.2 OCCUPIED.............. 7,077 94.0% 7,956 87.9% 879 12.4 -6.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,637 51.4% 3,879 48.8% 242 6.7 -2.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $71,464 $127,225 55,761 78.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,440 48.6% 4,077 51.2% 637 18.5 2.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $319 $456 137 43.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,102 41.2% 3,967 43.8% 865 27.9 2.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 66 0.9% 102 1.1% 36 54.5 0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1935.2 1942.0 6.8 0.3 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