Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: New Bedford city GEOCODE:25-2770 MA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 98,478 100.0% 99,922 100.0% 1,444 1.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 84,910 86.2% 83,998 84.1% -912 -1.1 -2.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,812 1.8% 2,363 2.4% 551 30.4 0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 88,877 90.3% 87,758 87.8% -1,119 -1.3 -2.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,661 2.7% 3,833 3.8% 1,172 44.0 1.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 431 0.4% 345 0.3% -86 -20.0 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 302 0.3% 405 0.4% 103 34.1 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 4,598 4.7% 5,622 5.6% 1,024 22.3 1.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 6,803 6.9% 7,520 7.5% 717 10.5 0.6 5-17.................. 19,072 19.4% 17,460 17.5% -1,612 -8.5 -1.9 18-24.................. 11,927 12.1% 10,388 10.4% -1,539 -12.9 -1.7 25-44.................. 22,612 23.0% 29,161 29.2% 6,549 29.0 6.2 45-64.................. 22,168 22.5% 18,031 18.0% -4,137 -18.7 -4.5 65 AND OVER............ 15,896 16.1% 17,362 17.4% 1,466 9.2 1.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 25,875 26.3% 24,980 25.0% -895 -3.5 -1.3 40 AND OVER............ 42,541 43.2% 41,322 41.4% -1,219 -2.9 -1.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.3 33.6 0.3 1.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,871 $22,647 2,776 14.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,500 $28,373 2,873 11.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,276 $10,923 1,647 17.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 15,671 16.2% 16,430 16.8% 759 4.8 0.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 37,382 100.0% 38,646 100.0% 1,264 3.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 26,579 71.1% 26,677 69.0% 98 0.4 -2.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 13,701 36.7% 13,963 36.1% 262 1.9 -0.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 20,364 54.5% 19,209 49.7% -1,155 -5.7 -4.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 9,490 25.4% 8,534 22.1% -956 -10.1 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 5,420 14.5% 6,374 16.5% 954 17.6 2.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 3,408 9.1% 4,028 10.4% 620 18.2 1.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 10,018 26.8% 10,696 27.7% 678 6.8 0.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.1 -2.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 60,676 100.0% 64,554 100.0% 3,878 6.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 15,138 24.9% 16,492 25.5% 1,354 8.9 0.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,757 6.2% 6,277 9.7% 2,520 67.1 3.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 44,455 100.0% 45,777 100.0% 1,322 3.0 FEMALE................ 20,485 46.1% 21,772 47.6% 1,287 6.3 1.5 EMPLOYED.............. 40,440 91.0% 40,185 87.8% -255 -0.6 -3.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,204 11.7% 6,823 14.9% 1,619 31.1 3.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 5,440 12.2% 6,194 13.5% 754 13.9 1.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 39,497 100.0% 41,760 100.0% 2,263 5.7 OCCUPIED.............. 37,388 94.7% 38,788 92.9% 1,400 3.7 -1.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 15,784 42.2% 17,003 43.8% 1,219 7.7 1.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $53,381 $119,053 65,671 123.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 21,604 57.8% 21,785 56.2% 181 0.8 -1.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $297 $404 107 36.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 12,967 32.8% 13,372 32.0% 405 3.1 -0.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 51 0.1% 74 0.2% 23 45.1 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1934.0 1939.0 5.0 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