Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bridgeton city GEOCODE:29-0530 MO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,445 100.0% 17,779 100.0% -666 -3.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 16,296 88.3% 14,991 84.3% -1,305 -8.0 -4.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 272 1.5% 528 3.0% 256 94.1 1.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 17,945 97.3% 16,881 94.9% -1,064 -5.9 -2.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 344 1.9% 641 3.6% 297 86.3 1.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 54 0.3% 195 1.1% 141 261.1 0.8 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 11 0.1% 44 0.2% 33 300.0 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 137 0.7% 181 1.0% 44 32.1 0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,061 5.8% 1,044 5.9% -17 -1.6 0.1 5-17.................. 3,937 21.3% 2,889 16.2% -1,048 -26.6 -5.1 18-24.................. 2,249 12.2% 1,533 8.6% -716 -31.8 -3.6 25-44.................. 5,544 30.1% 5,517 31.0% -27 -0.5 1.0 45-64.................. 4,084 22.1% 4,388 24.7% 304 7.4 2.5 65 AND OVER............ 1,570 8.5% 2,408 13.5% 838 53.4 5.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,998 27.1% 3,933 22.1% -1,065 -21.3 -5.0 40 AND OVER............ 6,996 37.9% 8,206 46.2% 1,210 17.3 8.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.1 37.3 5.3 16.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $38,710 $38,619 -91 -0.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $43,520 $45,938 2,418 5.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,884 $17,245 2,361 15.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 477 2.6% 513 3.0% 36 7.5 0.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,485 100.0% 6,729 100.0% 244 3.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,962 76.5% 4,887 72.6% -75 -1.5 -3.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,219 49.6% 3,120 46.4% -99 -3.1 -3.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,256 65.6% 4,057 60.3% -199 -4.7 -5.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,220 34.2% 1,657 24.6% -563 -25.4 -9.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 557 8.6% 597 8.9% 40 7.2 0.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 324 5.0% 311 4.6% -13 -4.0 -0.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,254 19.3% 1,527 22.7% 273 21.8 3.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -8.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 11,198 100.0% 12,313 100.0% 1,115 10.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,357 38.9% 3,637 29.5% -720 -16.5 -9.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,958 17.5% 2,872 23.3% 914 46.7 5.8 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 9,928 100.0% 9,952 100.0% 24 0.2 FEMALE................ 4,435 44.7% 4,716 47.4% 281 6.3 2.7 EMPLOYED.............. 9,401 94.7% 9,648 96.9% 247 2.6 2.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,604 26.2% 3,005 30.2% 401 15.4 4.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,020 10.3% 919 9.2% -101 -9.9 -1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,735 100.0% 7,123 100.0% 388 5.8 OCCUPIED.............. 6,555 97.3% 6,793 95.4% 238 3.6 -2.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,577 69.8% 4,922 72.5% 345 7.5 2.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $90,253 $96,314 6,061 6.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,978 30.2% 1,871 27.5% -107 -5.4 -2.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $484 $499 15 3.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,659 69.2% 4,807 67.5% 148 3.2 -1.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 236 3.5% 399 5.6% 163 69.1 2.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.1 1966.0 1.9 0.1 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