Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Belton city GEOCODE:29-0305 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,708 100.0% 18,159 100.0% 5,451 42.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,627 91.5% 16,171 89.1% 4,544 39.1 -2.4 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 69 0.5% 271 1.5% 202 292.8 0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 12,348 97.2% 17,354 95.6% 5,006 40.5 -1.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 82 0.6% 452 2.5% 370 451.2 1.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 95 0.7% 91 0.5% -4 -4.2 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 110 0.9% 122 0.7% 12 10.9 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 184 1.4% 415 2.3% 231 125.5 0.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,102 8.7% 1,816 10.0% 714 64.8 1.3 5-17.................. 3,002 23.6% 3,879 21.4% 877 29.2 -2.3 18-24.................. 1,780 14.0% 1,851 10.2% 71 4.0 -3.8 25-44.................. 3,721 29.3% 6,413 35.3% 2,692 72.3 6.0 45-64.................. 2,302 18.1% 2,936 16.2% 634 27.5 -1.9 65 AND OVER............ 801 6.3% 1,264 7.0% 463 57.8 0.7 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,104 32.3% 5,695 31.4% 1,591 38.8 -0.9 40 AND OVER............ 3,899 30.7% 5,346 29.4% 1,448 37.1 -1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.1 29.1 1.9 7.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $33,063 $30,896 -2,167 -6.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $36,842 $34,893 -1,949 -5.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,070 $11,901 -169 -1.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 852 6.8% 1,215 6.8% 363 42.6 0.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,410 100.0% 6,433 100.0% 2,023 45.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,524 79.9% 4,946 76.9% 1,422 40.4 -3.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,164 49.1% 3,445 53.6% 1,281 59.2 4.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,075 69.7% 4,072 63.3% 997 32.4 -6.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,754 39.8% 2,287 35.6% 533 30.4 -4.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 375 8.5% 753 11.7% 378 100.8 3.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 283 6.4% 530 8.2% 247 87.3 1.8 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 793 18.0% 1,277 19.9% 484 61.0 1.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.8 -0.1 -3.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,824 100.0% 10,613 100.0% 3,789 55.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,099 45.4% 4,187 39.5% 1,088 35.1 -6.0 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 734 10.8% 1,234 11.6% 500 68.1 0.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,398 100.0% 9,588 100.0% 3,190 49.9 FEMALE................ 2,731 42.7% 4,543 47.4% 1,812 66.3 4.7 EMPLOYED.............. 5,937 92.8% 9,039 94.3% 3,102 52.2 1.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,048 16.4% 1,696 17.7% 648 61.8 1.3 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 770 12.0% 1,146 12.0% 376 48.8 -0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,815 100.0% 6,853 100.0% 2,038 42.3 OCCUPIED.............. 4,422 91.8% 6,393 93.3% 1,971 44.6 1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,151 71.3% 4,408 69.0% 1,257 39.9 -2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $69,367 $60,527 -8,840 -12.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,271 28.7% 1,985 31.0% 714 56.2 2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $370 $427 57 15.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,297 68.5% 4,502 65.7% 1,205 36.5 -2.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 666 13.8% 1,301 19.0% 635 95.3 5.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1965.5 1971.0 5.5 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