Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Benton Harbor city GEOCODE:26-0215 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,707 100.0% 12,818 100.0% -1,889 -12.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,163 89.5% 11,209 87.4% -1,954 -14.8 -2.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 47 0.3% 102 0.8% 55 117.0 0.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 1,954 13.3% 924 7.2% -1,030 -52.7 -6.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 12,693 86.3% 11,838 92.4% -855 -6.7 6.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 0 0.0% 7 0.1% 7 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 41 0.3% 43 0.3% 2 4.9 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 113 0.8% 83 0.6% -30 -26.5 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,780 12.1% 1,533 12.0% -247 -13.9 -0.1 5-17.................. 4,808 32.7% 3,864 30.1% -944 -19.6 -2.5 18-24.................. 1,823 12.4% 1,433 11.2% -390 -21.4 -1.2 25-44.................. 3,043 20.7% 3,194 24.9% 151 5.0 4.2 45-64.................. 2,089 14.2% 1,719 13.4% -370 -17.7 -0.8 65 AND OVER............ 1,164 7.9% 1,075 8.4% -89 -7.6 0.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,588 44.8% 5,397 42.1% -1,191 -18.1 -2.7 40 AND OVER............ 3,870 26.3% 3,351 26.1% -519 -13.4 -0.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 20.7 22.8 2.1 10.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $15,498 $8,866 -6,632 -42.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $17,490 $10,447 -7,043 -40.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $6,432 $5,622 -810 -12.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,667 38.7% 7,370 58.0% 1,703 30.1 19.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,689 100.0% 4,375 100.0% -314 -6.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,395 72.4% 3,040 69.5% -355 -10.5 -2.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,227 26.2% 738 16.9% -489 -39.9 -9.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,455 31.0% 797 18.2% -658 -45.2 -12.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 876 18.7% 343 7.8% -533 -60.8 -10.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,783 38.0% 2,013 46.0% 230 12.9 8.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,439 30.7% 1,578 36.1% 139 9.7 5.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,126 24.0% 1,184 27.1% 58 5.2 3.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.1 2.9 -0.2 -7.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,296 100.0% 5,988 100.0% -308 -4.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,562 24.8% 1,451 24.2% -111 -7.1 -0.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 279 4.4% 197 3.3% -82 -29.4 -1.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,736 100.0% 3,829 100.0% -907 -19.2 FEMALE................ 2,325 49.1% 2,034 53.1% -291 -12.5 4.0 EMPLOYED.............. 3,227 68.1% 2,721 71.1% -506 -15.7 2.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 396 8.4% 307 8.0% -89 -22.5 -0.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 767 16.2% 683 17.8% -84 -11.0 1.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,182 100.0% 4,791 100.0% -391 -7.5 OCCUPIED.............. 4,597 88.7% 4,334 90.5% -263 -5.7 1.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,254 49.0% 1,598 36.9% -656 -29.1 -12.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $24,528 $26,862 2,334 9.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,343 51.0% 2,736 63.1% 393 16.8 12.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $343 $333 -10 -2.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,335 64.4% 3,083 64.3% -252 -7.6 -0.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 5 0.1% 0 0.0% -5-100.0 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1940.9 1951.0 10.1 0.5 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