Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Kentwood city GEOCODE:26-1392 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 30,438 100.0% 37,826 100.0% 7,388 24.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 26,086 85.7% 30,992 81.9% 4,906 18.8 -3.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 62 0.2% 224 0.6% 162 261.3 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 28,891 94.9% 34,560 91.4% 5,669 19.6 -3.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,111 3.7% 1,941 5.1% 830 74.7 1.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 223 0.7% 769 2.0% 546 244.8 1.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 110 0.4% 188 0.5% 78 70.9 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 392 1.3% 883 2.3% 491 125.3 1.0 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,403 7.9% 2,998 7.9% 595 24.8 0.0 5-17.................. 6,591 21.7% 6,990 18.5% 399 6.1 -3.2 18-24.................. 5,083 16.7% 4,190 11.1% -893 -17.6 -5.6 25-44.................. 9,528 31.3% 13,911 36.8% 4,383 46.0 5.5 45-64.................. 4,916 16.2% 6,103 16.1% 1,187 24.1 -0.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,917 6.3% 3,634 9.6% 1,717 89.6 3.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,994 29.5% 9,988 26.4% 994 11.1 -3.1 40 AND OVER............ 8,651 28.4% 12,100 32.0% 3,449 39.9 3.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.7 30.6 3.8 14.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $33,410 $34,324 914 2.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $39,233 $40,946 1,713 4.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,912 $15,453 1,541 11.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,067 6.8% 1,870 5.0% -197 -9.5 -1.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 11,488 100.0% 15,294 100.0% 3,806 33.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,001 69.6% 9,919 64.9% 1,918 24.0 -4.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,904 42.7% 6,721 43.9% 1,817 37.1 1.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,703 58.3% 8,280 54.1% 1,577 23.5 -4.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,711 32.3% 4,182 27.3% 471 12.7 -5.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,105 9.6% 1,450 9.5% 345 31.2 -0.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 831 7.2% 993 6.5% 162 19.5 -0.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,791 24.3% 4,299 28.1% 1,508 54.0 3.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.5 -0.2 -7.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 16,361 100.0% 23,648 100.0% 7,287 44.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,316 38.6% 6,327 26.8% 11 0.2 -11.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,194 19.5% 6,149 26.0% 2,955 92.5 6.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 16,676 100.0% 21,816 100.0% 5,140 30.8 FEMALE................ 7,405 44.4% 10,293 47.2% 2,888 39.0 2.8 EMPLOYED.............. 15,818 94.9% 21,068 96.6% 5,250 33.2 1.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,402 20.4% 5,728 26.3% 2,326 68.4 5.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,943 11.7% 2,130 9.8% 187 9.6 -1.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 12,110 100.0% 16,337 100.0% 4,227 34.9 OCCUPIED.............. 11,453 94.6% 15,247 93.3% 3,794 33.1 -1.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,695 58.5% 8,798 57.7% 2,103 31.4 -0.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $81,438 $83,857 2,419 3.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,758 41.5% 6,449 42.3% 1,691 35.5 0.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $408 $475 67 16.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,533 53.9% 8,374 51.3% 1,841 28.2 -2.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 705 5.8% 898 5.5% 193 27.4 -0.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1970.9 1975.0 4.1 0.2 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