Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bethesda CDP GEOCODE:24-0065 MD ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 62,736 100.0% 62,936 100.0% 200 0.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 51,781 82.5% 48,578 77.2% -3,203 -6.2 -5.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,027 1.6% 1,477 2.3% 450 43.8 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 58,196 92.8% 56,267 89.4% -1,929 -3.3 -3.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,387 2.2% 1,782 2.8% 395 28.5 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 2,498 4.0% 4,234 6.7% 1,736 69.5 2.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 29 0.0% 82 0.1% 53 182.8 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 3,195 5.1% 3,666 5.8% 471 14.7 0.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,243 3.6% 3,124 5.0% 881 39.3 1.4 5-17.................. 10,770 17.2% 7,595 12.1% -3,175 -29.5 -5.1 18-24.................. 5,642 9.0% 4,823 7.7% -819 -14.5 -1.3 25-44.................. 16,925 27.0% 19,547 31.1% 2,622 15.5 4.1 45-64.................. 18,479 29.5% 16,182 25.7% -2,297 -12.4 -3.7 65 AND OVER............ 8,677 13.8% 11,665 18.5% 2,988 34.4 4.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 13,013 20.7% 10,719 17.0% -2,294 -17.6 -3.7 40 AND OVER............ 31,165 49.7% 32,871 52.2% 1,707 5.5 2.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 39.7 41.4 1.7 4.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $61,611 $65,889 4,278 6.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $76,341 $84,410 8,069 10.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $30,035 $38,976 8,941 29.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,917 3.1% 2,177 3.5% 260 13.6 0.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 25,223 100.0% 27,090 100.0% 1,867 7.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 16,899 67.0% 16,739 61.8% -160 -0.9 -5.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 9,332 37.0% 10,112 37.3% 780 8.4 0.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 14,774 58.6% 14,713 54.3% -61 -0.4 -4.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 6,091 24.1% 5,543 20.5% -548 -9.0 -3.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,648 6.5% 1,553 5.7% -95 -5.8 -0.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 710 2.8% 546 2.0% -164 -23.1 -0.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 7,241 28.7% 8,649 31.9% 1,408 19.4 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.2 -7.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 44,081 100.0% 47,394 100.0% 3,313 7.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,242 16.4% 4,613 9.7% -2,629 -36.3 -6.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 25,598 58.1% 32,177 67.9% 6,579 25.7 9.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 32,708 100.0% 35,327 100.0% 2,619 8.0 FEMALE................ 14,545 44.5% 16,914 47.9% 2,369 16.3 3.4 EMPLOYED.............. 31,877 97.5% 34,459 97.5% 2,582 8.1 0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 18,482 56.5% 21,729 61.5% 3,247 17.6 5.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,979 6.1% 1,930 5.5% -49 -2.5 -0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 26,487 100.0% 28,253 100.0% 1,766 6.7 OCCUPIED.............. 25,187 95.1% 26,956 95.4% 1,769 7.0 0.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 15,622 62.0% 17,970 66.7% 2,348 15.0 4.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $233,413 $359,093 125,680 53.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 9,565 38.0% 8,986 33.3% -579 -6.1 -4.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $620 $852 232 37.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 16,769 63.3% 17,776 62.9% 1,007 6.0 -0.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.4 1959.0 1.6 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