Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Big Rapids city GEOCODE:26-0255 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,361 100.0% 12,603 100.0% -1,758 -12.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 5,908 41.1% 4,314 34.2% -1,594 -27.0 -6.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 5,360 37.3% 4,589 36.4% -771 -14.4 -0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 13,636 95.0% 11,590 92.0% -2,046 -15.0 -3.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 510 3.6% 634 5.0% 124 24.3 1.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 106 0.7% 135 1.1% 29 27.4 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 69 0.5% 128 1.0% 59 85.5 0.5 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 76 0.5% 247 2.0% 171 225.0 1.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 608 4.2% 419 3.3% -189 -31.1 -0.9 5-17.................. 1,167 8.1% 926 7.3% -241 -20.7 -0.8 18-24.................. 8,718 60.7% 7,392 58.7% -1,326 -15.2 -2.1 25-44.................. 1,824 12.7% 1,841 14.6% 17 0.9 1.9 45-64.................. 1,126 7.8% 953 7.6% -173 -15.4 -0.3 65 AND OVER............ 918 6.4% 1,072 8.5% 154 16.8 2.1 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 1,775 12.4% 1,345 10.7% -430 -24.2 -1.7 40 AND OVER............ 2,304 16.0% 2,372 18.8% 68 3.0 2.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 20.9 21.4 0.5 2.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,173 $14,990 -5,183 -25.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $27,712 $26,383 -1,329 -4.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $7,816 $7,355 -461 -5.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,430 27.0% 3,598 44.4% 1,168 48.1 17.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,332 100.0% 3,270 100.0% -62 -1.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 1,906 57.2% 1,426 43.6% -480 -25.2 -13.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,202 36.1% 759 23.2% -443 -36.9 -12.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,549 46.5% 1,050 32.1% -499 -32.2 -14.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 744 22.3% 456 13.9% -288 -38.7 -8.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 319 9.6% 299 9.1% -20 -6.3 -0.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 201 6.0% 236 7.2% 35 17.4 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 737 22.1% 959 29.3% 222 30.1 7.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.3 -9.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 3,868 100.0% 3,866 100.0% -2 -0.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,036 26.8% 893 23.1% -143 -13.8 -3.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 972 25.1% 1,199 31.0% 227 23.4 5.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,526 100.0% 5,759 100.0% 233 4.2 FEMALE................ 2,600 47.1% 2,701 46.9% 101 3.9 -0.1 EMPLOYED.............. 5,097 92.2% 5,105 88.6% 8 0.2 -3.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,405 25.4% 1,331 23.1% -74 -5.3 -2.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,284 23.2% 1,323 23.0% 39 3.0 -0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 3,359 100.0% 3,548 100.0% 189 5.6 OCCUPIED.............. 3,264 97.2% 3,257 91.8% -7 -0.2 -5.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 1,414 43.3% 1,280 39.3% -134 -9.5 -4.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $56,940 $55,909 -1,032 -1.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,850 56.7% 1,977 60.7% 127 6.9 4.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $295 $350 55 18.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 1,627 48.4% 1,522 42.9% -105 -6.5 -5.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 100 3.0% 183 5.2% 83 83.0 2.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1951.2 1957.0 5.8 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