Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bemidji city GEOCODE:27-0290 MN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 10,949 100.0% 11,245 100.0% 296 2.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 6,807 62.2% 6,986 62.1% 179 2.6 -0.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,041 18.6% 1,694 15.1% -347 -17.0 -3.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,357 94.6% 10,042 89.3% -315 -3.0 -5.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 0 0.0% 69 0.6% 69 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 97 0.9% 124 1.1% 27 27.8 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 462 4.2% 1,001 8.9% 539 116.7 4.7 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 97 0.9% 70 0.6% -27 -27.8 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 587 5.4% 738 6.6% 151 25.7 1.2 5-17.................. 1,493 13.6% 1,756 15.6% 263 17.6 2.0 18-24.................. 3,606 32.9% 2,992 26.6% -614 -17.0 -6.3 25-44.................. 2,195 20.0% 2,823 25.1% 628 28.6 5.1 45-64.................. 1,621 14.8% 1,230 10.9% -391 -24.1 -3.9 65 AND OVER............ 1,447 13.2% 1,706 15.2% 259 17.9 2.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 2,080 19.0% 2,494 22.2% 414 19.9 3.2 40 AND OVER............ 3,426 31.3% 3,526 31.4% 100 2.9 0.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 24.4 25.9 1.5 6.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $18,978 $17,390 -1,588 -8.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,547 $24,018 -1,529 -6.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,044 $8,483 -561 -6.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,682 18.9% 2,855 30.0% 1,173 69.7 11.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,669 100.0% 4,033 100.0% 364 9.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,222 60.6% 2,234 55.4% 12 0.5 -5.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,234 33.6% 1,086 26.9% -148 -12.0 -6.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,830 49.9% 1,656 41.1% -174 -9.5 -8.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 840 22.9% 791 19.6% -49 -5.8 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 300 8.2% 494 12.2% 194 64.7 4.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 205 5.6% 313 7.8% 108 52.7 2.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,079 29.4% 1,341 33.3% 262 24.3 3.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.4 -0.1 -2.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 5,263 100.0% 5,759 100.0% 496 9.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,436 27.3% 1,360 23.6% -76 -5.3 -3.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,046 19.9% 1,456 25.3% 410 39.2 5.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 5,088 100.0% 5,219 100.0% 131 2.6 FEMALE................ 2,384 46.9% 2,544 48.7% 160 6.7 1.9 EMPLOYED.............. 4,702 92.4% 4,745 90.9% 43 0.9 -1.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,346 26.5% 1,319 25.3% -27 -2.0 -1.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,051 20.7% 967 18.5% -84 -8.0 -2.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 3,898 100.0% 4,412 100.0% 514 13.2 OCCUPIED.............. 3,654 93.7% 4,079 92.5% 425 11.6 -1.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,247 61.5% 2,185 53.6% -62 -2.8 -7.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $52,418 $46,302 -6,116 -11.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,407 38.5% 1,894 46.4% 487 34.6 7.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $328 $332 4 1.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,519 64.6% 2,629 59.6% 110 4.4 -5.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 308 7.9% 235 5.3% -73 -23.7 -2.6 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1944.0 1958.0 14.0 0.7 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