Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Muskegon Heights city GEOCODE:26-1880 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,611 100.0% 13,176 100.0% -1,435 -9.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,903 88.3% 11,333 86.0% -1,570 -12.2 -2.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 38 0.3% 67 0.5% 29 76.3 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 5,247 35.9% 3,703 28.1% -1,544 -29.4 -7.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 9,138 62.5% 9,245 70.2% 107 1.2 7.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 0 0.0% 14 0.1% 14 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 111 0.8% 114 0.9% 3 2.7 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 206 1.4% 252 1.9% 46 22.3 0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,448 9.9% 1,479 11.2% 31 2.1 1.3 5-17.................. 3,642 24.9% 2,980 22.6% -662 -18.2 -2.3 18-24.................. 1,909 13.1% 1,348 10.2% -561 -29.4 -2.8 25-44.................. 3,099 21.2% 3,660 27.8% 561 18.1 6.6 45-64.................. 2,742 18.8% 1,984 15.1% -758 -27.6 -3.7 65 AND OVER............ 1,771 12.1% 1,725 13.1% -46 -2.6 1.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,090 34.8% 4,459 33.8% -631 -12.4 -1.0 40 AND OVER............ 5,063 34.7% 4,392 33.3% -671 -13.3 -1.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.3 28.2 1.9 7.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $17,973 $13,778 -4,195 -23.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $20,651 $16,038 -4,613 -22.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $7,828 $7,265 -563 -7.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,758 25.9% 4,605 35.1% 847 22.5 9.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,148 100.0% 4,903 100.0% -245 -4.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,674 71.4% 3,357 68.5% -317 -8.6 -2.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,324 25.7% 1,190 24.3% -134 -10.1 -1.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,251 43.7% 1,650 33.7% -601 -26.7 -10.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,023 19.9% 666 13.6% -357 -34.9 -6.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,281 24.9% 1,506 30.7% 225 17.6 5.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,000 19.4% 1,088 22.2% 88 8.8 2.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,304 25.3% 1,357 27.7% 53 4.1 2.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.2 -5.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,612 100.0% 7,369 100.0% -243 -3.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,507 32.9% 2,195 29.8% -312 -12.4 -3.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 317 4.2% 335 4.5% 18 5.7 0.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,225 100.0% 4,722 100.0% -503 -9.6 FEMALE................ 2,387 45.7% 2,267 48.0% -120 -5.0 2.3 EMPLOYED.............. 4,270 81.7% 3,855 81.6% -415 -9.7 -0.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 477 9.1% 419 8.9% -58 -12.2 -0.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 924 17.7% 1,092 23.1% 168 18.2 5.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,408 100.0% 5,343 100.0% -65 -1.2 OCCUPIED.............. 5,104 94.4% 4,920 92.1% -184 -3.6 -2.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,219 63.1% 2,732 55.5% -487 -15.1 -7.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $27,902 $27,275 -627 -2.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,885 36.9% 2,188 44.5% 303 16.1 7.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $314 $342 28 8.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,069 75.2% 3,958 74.1% -111 -2.7 -1.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 47 0.9% 77 1.4% 30 63.8 0.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1942.4 1951.0 8.6 0.4 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