Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Portage city GEOCODE:26-2206 MI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 38,157 100.0% 41,042 100.0% 2,885 7.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 34,584 90.6% 35,869 87.4% 1,285 3.7 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 118 0.3% 149 0.4% 31 26.3 0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 36,841 96.6% 38,830 94.6% 1,989 5.4 -1.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 727 1.9% 1,061 2.6% 334 45.9 0.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 299 0.8% 850 2.1% 551 184.3 1.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 187 0.5% 127 0.3% -60 -32.1 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 331 0.9% 597 1.5% 266 80.4 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,690 7.0% 3,031 7.4% 341 12.7 0.3 5-17.................. 9,277 24.3% 7,954 19.4% -1,323 -14.3 -4.9 18-24.................. 4,547 11.9% 3,830 9.3% -717 -15.8 -2.6 25-44.................. 12,387 32.5% 14,594 35.6% 2,207 17.8 3.1 45-64.................. 7,195 18.9% 8,093 19.7% 898 12.5 0.9 65 AND OVER............ 2,061 5.4% 3,540 8.6% 1,479 71.8 3.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 11,967 31.4% 10,985 26.8% -982 -8.2 -4.6 40 AND OVER............ 11,935 31.3% 15,136 36.9% 3,202 26.8 5.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.8 33.2 4.4 15.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $38,597 $39,045 448 1.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $42,818 $44,381 1,563 3.7 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,916 $17,602 2,686 18.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,385 3.6% 1,720 4.2% 335 24.2 0.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 13,097 100.0% 15,549 100.0% 2,452 18.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,307 78.7% 11,416 73.4% 1,109 10.8 -5.3 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,392 48.8% 7,528 48.4% 1,136 17.8 -0.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 8,993 68.7% 9,841 63.3% 848 9.4 -5.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 5,239 40.0% 4,897 31.5% -342 -6.5 -8.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,107 8.5% 1,283 8.3% 176 15.9 -0.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 850 6.5% 804 5.2% -46 -5.4 -1.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,273 17.4% 3,344 21.5% 1,071 47.1 4.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.6 -0.3 -9.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 21,643 100.0% 26,227 100.0% 4,584 21.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 8,059 37.2% 6,800 25.9% -1,259 -15.6 -11.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,517 25.5% 8,209 31.3% 2,692 48.8 5.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 20,304 100.0% 23,118 100.0% 2,814 13.9 FEMALE................ 8,627 42.5% 10,714 46.3% 2,087 24.2 3.9 EMPLOYED.............. 19,209 94.6% 22,195 96.0% 2,986 15.5 1.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 5,098 25.1% 7,143 30.9% 2,045 40.1 5.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,191 10.8% 2,458 10.6% 267 12.2 -0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 13,629 100.0% 16,133 100.0% 2,504 18.4 OCCUPIED.............. 13,152 96.5% 15,467 95.9% 2,315 17.6 -0.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 9,757 74.2% 11,077 71.6% 1,320 13.5 -2.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $83,106 $83,261 154 0.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,395 25.8% 4,390 28.4% 995 29.3 2.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $408 $434 26 6.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 10,427 76.5% 11,580 71.8% 1,153 11.1 -4.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 235 1.7% 386 2.4% 151 64.3 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.8 1968.0 3.2 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