Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Blue Springs city GEOCODE:29-0425 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 25,927 100.0% 40,124 100.0% 14,197 54.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 24,449 94.3% 36,845 91.8% 12,396 50.7 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 0 0.0% 260 0.6% 260 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 25,106 96.8% 38,278 95.4% 13,172 52.5 -1.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 280 1.1% 972 2.4% 692 247.1 1.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 180 0.7% 488 1.2% 308 171.1 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 180 0.7% 137 0.3% -43 -23.9 -0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 415 1.6% 750 1.9% 335 80.7 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,659 10.3% 3,468 8.6% 809 30.4 -1.6 5-17.................. 6,861 26.5% 9,846 24.5% 2,985 43.5 -1.9 18-24.................. 2,374 9.2% 3,483 8.7% 1,109 46.7 -0.5 25-44.................. 10,048 38.8% 15,012 37.4% 4,964 49.4 -1.3 45-64.................. 3,013 11.6% 5,866 14.6% 2,853 94.7 3.0 65 AND OVER............ 972 3.7% 2,449 6.1% 1,477 152.0 2.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,520 36.7% 13,314 33.2% 3,794 39.9 -3.5 40 AND OVER............ 5,851 22.6% 12,311 30.7% 6,460 110.4 8.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.8 30.1 3.3 12.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $42,324 $39,904 -2,420 -5.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $44,188 $42,883 -1,305 -3.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,238 $14,793 555 3.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 946 3.7% 1,862 4.7% 916 96.8 1.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,296 100.0% 13,433 100.0% 5,137 61.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 7,112 85.7% 10,973 81.7% 3,861 54.3 -4.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,792 57.8% 7,839 58.4% 3,047 63.6 0.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,440 77.6% 9,493 70.7% 3,053 47.4 -7.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 4,406 53.1% 5,848 43.5% 1,442 32.7 -9.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 521 6.3% 1,136 8.5% 615 118.0 2.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 375 4.5% 837 6.2% 462 123.2 1.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 976 11.8% 2,038 15.2% 1,062 108.8 3.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.1 3.0 -0.2 -5.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 14,033 100.0% 23,327 100.0% 9,294 66.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,019 42.9% 7,721 33.1% 1,702 28.3 -9.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,711 19.3% 5,563 23.8% 2,852 105.2 4.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 13,004 100.0% 21,586 100.0% 8,582 66.0 FEMALE................ 5,438 41.8% 10,040 46.5% 4,602 84.6 4.7 EMPLOYED.............. 12,427 95.6% 20,770 96.2% 8,343 67.1 0.7 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,284 25.3% 5,875 27.2% 2,591 78.9 2.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,079 8.3% 2,087 9.7% 1,008 93.4 1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,801 100.0% 14,239 100.0% 5,438 61.8 OCCUPIED.............. 8,300 94.3% 13,524 95.0% 5,224 62.9 0.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,448 77.7% 9,729 71.9% 3,281 50.9 -5.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $90,538 $85,815 -4,723 -5.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,852 22.3% 3,795 28.1% 1,943 104.9 5.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $501 $507 6 1.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,282 82.7% 11,252 79.0% 3,970 54.5 -3.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 3 0.0% 2 0.0% -1 -33.3 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1973.6 1978.0 4.4 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