Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Battle Creek city GEOCODE:26-0160 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 35,724 100.0% 53,540 100.0% 17,816 49.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 29,213 81.8% 44,115 82.4% 14,902 51.0 0.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 651 1.8% 800 1.5% 149 22.9 -0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 207 0.4% 207 0.4 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 26,919 75.4% 43,308 80.9% 16,389 60.9 5.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 8,084 22.6% 8,657 16.2% 573 7.1 -6.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 133 0.4% 670 1.3% 537 403.8 0.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 272 0.8% 334 0.6% 62 22.8 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 572 1.6% 914 1.7% 342 59.8 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,114 8.7% 4,488 8.4% 1,374 44.1 -0.3 5-17.................. 7,216 20.2% 10,332 19.3% 3,116 43.2 -0.9 18-24.................. 4,664 13.1% 4,743 8.9% 79 1.7 -4.2 25-44.................. 8,949 25.1% 16,914 31.6% 7,965 89.0 6.5 45-64.................. 6,771 19.0% 9,365 17.5% 2,594 38.3 -1.5 65 AND OVER............ 5,010 14.0% 7,698 14.4% 2,688 53.7 0.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 10,330 28.9% 14,820 27.7% 4,490 43.5 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 13,296 37.2% 20,917 39.1% 7,621 57.3 1.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.3 33.1 3.9 13.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,684 $25,306 2,622 11.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $28,402 $31,115 2,713 9.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,859 $12,963 2,104 19.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,262 17.9% 9,643 18.3% 3,381 54.0 0.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 14,074 100.0% 21,359 100.0% 7,285 51.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 9,038 64.2% 14,081 65.9% 5,043 55.8 1.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,146 29.5% 7,068 33.1% 2,922 70.5 3.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,499 46.2% 9,899 46.3% 3,400 52.3 0.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,932 20.8% 4,505 21.1% 1,573 53.6 0.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,245 16.0% 3,530 16.5% 1,285 57.2 0.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,590 11.3% 2,466 11.5% 876 55.1 0.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 4,387 31.2% 6,214 29.1% 1,827 41.6 -2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.5 -0.0 -0.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 20,730 100.0% 33,977 100.0% 13,247 63.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,343 35.4% 10,799 31.8% 3,456 47.1 -3.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,816 8.8% 5,357 15.8% 3,541 195.0 7.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 14,902 100.0% 24,376 100.0% 9,474 63.6 FEMALE................ 6,720 45.1% 11,632 47.7% 4,912 73.1 2.6 EMPLOYED.............. 13,201 88.6% 21,874 89.7% 8,673 65.7 1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,085 14.0% 5,160 21.2% 3,075 147.5 7.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,718 18.2% 3,746 15.4% 1,028 37.8 -2.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 15,101 100.0% 23,252 100.0% 8,151 54.0 OCCUPIED.............. 14,124 93.5% 21,457 92.3% 7,333 51.9 -1.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 8,314 58.9% 13,494 62.9% 5,180 62.3 4.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $38,220 $49,503 11,283 29.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,810 41.1% 7,963 37.1% 2,153 37.1 -4.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $327 $381 54 16.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,146 67.2% 16,395 70.5% 6,249 61.6 3.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 121 0.5% 121 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1936.3 1950.0 13.7 0.7 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