Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Grand Rapids city GEOCODE:26-1085 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 181,843 100.0% 189,126 100.0% 7,283 4.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 146,900 80.8% 149,418 79.0% 2,518 1.7 -1.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 9,457 5.2% 9,590 5.1% 133 1.4 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 147,220 81.0% 145,123 76.7% -2,097 -1.4 -4.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 28,811 15.8% 35,134 18.6% 6,323 21.9 2.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,415 0.8% 1,968 1.0% 553 39.1 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 1,346 0.7% 1,501 0.8% 155 11.5 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,782 3.2% 8,447 4.5% 2,665 46.1 1.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 14,841 8.2% 17,807 9.4% 2,966 20.0 1.3 5-17.................. 34,748 19.1% 34,352 18.2% -396 -1.1 -0.9 18-24.................. 29,969 16.5% 23,593 12.5% -6,376 -21.3 -4.0 25-44.................. 45,776 25.2% 62,210 32.9% 16,434 35.9 7.7 45-64.................. 32,175 17.7% 26,567 14.0% -5,608 -17.4 -3.6 65 AND OVER............ 24,334 13.4% 24,597 13.0% 263 1.1 -0.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 49,589 27.3% 52,159 27.6% 2,570 5.2 0.3 40 AND OVER............ 64,045 35.2% 61,396 32.5% -2,649 -4.1 -2.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.1 29.9 1.8 6.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,392 $26,809 417 1.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,240 $32,049 -191 -0.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,428 $12,070 642 5.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 23,386 13.5% 29,103 16.1% 5,717 24.4 2.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 65,559 100.0% 69,452 100.0% 3,893 5.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 44,614 68.1% 45,972 66.2% 1,358 3.0 -1.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 23,333 35.6% 26,328 37.9% 2,995 12.8 2.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 34,056 51.9% 33,190 47.8% -866 -2.5 -4.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 16,308 24.9% 16,136 23.2% -172 -1.1 -1.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 9,087 13.9% 10,784 15.5% 1,697 18.7 1.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 6,390 9.7% 7,180 10.3% 790 12.4 0.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 17,503 26.7% 18,650 26.9% 1,147 6.6 0.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.6 -0.0 -1.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 102,285 100.0% 113,374 100.0% 11,089 10.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 34,114 33.4% 32,074 28.3% -2,040 -6.0 -5.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 16,746 16.4% 23,636 20.8% 6,890 41.1 4.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 85,842 100.0% 92,704 100.0% 6,862 8.0 FEMALE................ 38,807 45.2% 44,394 47.9% 5,587 14.4 2.7 EMPLOYED.............. 78,555 91.5% 85,877 92.6% 7,322 9.3 1.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 16,516 19.2% 20,824 22.5% 4,308 26.1 3.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 12,590 14.7% 13,445 14.5% 855 6.8 -0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 69,847 100.0% 73,716 100.0% 3,869 5.5 OCCUPIED.............. 65,535 93.8% 69,029 93.6% 3,494 5.3 -0.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 41,303 63.0% 41,349 59.9% 46 0.1 -3.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $58,623 $62,034 3,411 5.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 24,232 37.0% 27,680 40.1% 3,448 14.2 3.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $331 $414 83 24.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 45,086 64.5% 46,362 62.9% 1,276 2.8 -1.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 17 0.0% 98 0.1% 81 476.5 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1940.3 1947.0 6.7 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