Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Beecher CDP GEOCODE:26-0183 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 17,178 100.0% 14,465 100.0% -2,713 -15.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 16,186 94.2% 13,110 90.6% -3,076 -19.0 -3.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 0 0.0% 13 0.1% 13 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 8,148 47.4% 5,645 39.0% -2,503 -30.7 -8.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 8,464 49.3% 8,333 57.6% -131 -1.5 8.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 17 0.1% 8 0.1% -9 -52.9 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 165 1.0% 128 0.9% -37 -22.4 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 785 4.6% 595 4.1% -190 -24.2 -0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,791 10.4% 1,476 10.2% -315 -17.6 -0.2 5-17.................. 5,079 29.6% 3,699 25.6% -1,380 -27.2 -4.0 18-24.................. 2,446 14.2% 1,702 11.8% -744 -30.4 -2.5 25-44.................. 4,362 25.4% 3,915 27.1% -447 -10.2 1.7 45-64.................. 2,708 15.8% 2,719 18.8% 11 0.4 3.0 65 AND OVER............ 792 4.6% 954 6.6% 162 20.5 2.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,870 40.0% 5,175 35.8% -1,695 -24.7 -4.2 40 AND OVER............ 4,448 25.9% 4,473 30.9% 26 0.6 5.0 MEDIAN AGE............ 22.8 26.8 4.0 17.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $28,913 $17,305 -11,608 -40.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,397 $20,240 -12,157 -37.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,479 $8,480 -999 -10.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,934 23.0% 5,496 38.4% 1,562 39.7 15.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,079 100.0% 4,850 100.0% -229 -4.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,256 83.8% 3,742 77.2% -514 -12.1 -6.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,732 34.1% 1,432 29.5% -300 -17.3 -4.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,916 57.4% 1,987 41.0% -929 -31.9 -16.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,827 36.0% 979 20.2% -848 -46.4 -15.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,174 23.1% 1,574 32.5% 400 34.1 9.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 988 19.5% 1,163 24.0% 175 17.7 4.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 698 13.7% 938 19.3% 240 34.4 5.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.4 3.0 -0.4 -11.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,862 100.0% 7,588 100.0% -274 -3.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,805 35.7% 2,680 35.3% -125 -4.5 -0.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 245 3.1% 310 4.1% 65 26.5 1.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,115 100.0% 5,354 100.0% -761 -12.4 FEMALE................ 2,586 42.3% 2,550 47.6% -36 -1.4 5.3 EMPLOYED.............. 4,790 78.3% 4,087 76.3% -703 -14.7 -2.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 390 6.4% 384 7.2% -6 -1.5 0.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 966 15.8% 790 14.8% -176 -18.2 -1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,524 100.0% 5,192 100.0% -332 -6.0 OCCUPIED.............. 5,045 91.3% 4,832 93.1% -213 -4.2 1.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,724 73.8% 3,110 64.4% -614 -16.5 -9.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $37,904 $29,015 -8,889 -23.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,321 26.2% 1,722 35.6% 401 30.4 9.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $435 $425 -10 -2.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,039 91.2% 4,710 90.7% -329 -6.5 -0.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 162 2.9% 157 3.0% -5 -3.1 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.9 1958.0 1.1 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