Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bridgeton city GEOCODE:34-1310 NJ ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,795 100.0% 18,942 100.0% 147 0.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 16,326 86.9% 15,972 84.3% -354 -2.2 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 279 1.5% 636 3.4% 357 128.0 1.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,397 60.6% 10,281 54.3% -1,116 -9.8 -6.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 6,506 34.6% 6,996 36.9% 490 7.5 2.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 158 0.8% 215 1.1% 57 36.1 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 214 1.1% 288 1.5% 74 34.6 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 922 4.9% 1,766 9.3% 844 91.5 4.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,664 8.9% 1,654 8.7% -10 -0.6 -0.1 5-17.................. 4,267 22.7% 3,855 20.4% -412 -9.7 -2.4 18-24.................. 2,355 12.5% 1,835 9.7% -520 -22.1 -2.8 25-44.................. 4,229 22.5% 5,517 29.1% 1,288 30.5 6.6 45-64.................. 3,740 19.9% 3,221 17.0% -519 -13.9 -2.9 65 AND OVER............ 2,540 13.5% 2,860 15.1% 320 12.6 1.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,931 31.6% 5,509 29.1% -422 -7.1 -2.5 40 AND OVER............ 7,092 37.7% 7,129 37.6% 38 0.5 -0.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.9 31.2 2.4 8.2 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,699 $21,897 1,198 5.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,170 $26,243 2,073 8.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,158 $10,346 1,188 13.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,255 23.1% 4,587 25.1% 332 7.8 2.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,737 100.0% 6,753 100.0% 16 0.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,814 71.5% 4,743 70.2% -71 -1.5 -1.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,169 32.2% 2,222 32.9% 53 2.4 0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,030 45.0% 2,907 43.0% -123 -4.1 -1.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,351 20.1% 1,314 19.5% -37 -2.7 -0.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,491 22.1% 1,437 21.3% -54 -3.6 -0.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,078 16.0% 903 13.4% -175 -16.2 -2.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,725 25.6% 1,756 26.0% 31 1.8 0.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.7 -0.0 -1.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,509 100.0% 11,598 100.0% 1,089 10.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,365 32.0% 3,989 34.4% 624 18.5 2.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 761 7.2% 1,062 9.2% 301 39.6 1.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,990 100.0% 8,198 100.0% 208 2.6 FEMALE................ 3,873 48.5% 4,030 49.2% 157 4.1 0.7 EMPLOYED.............. 6,999 87.6% 7,381 90.0% 382 5.5 2.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,075 13.5% 1,300 15.9% 225 20.9 2.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,244 15.6% 1,357 16.6% 113 9.1 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,143 100.0% 7,142 100.0% -1 -0.0 OCCUPIED.............. 6,681 93.5% 6,725 94.2% 44 0.7 0.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,505 52.5% 3,504 52.1% -1 -0.0 -0.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $41,348 $56,381 15,033 36.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 3,176 47.5% 3,221 47.9% 45 1.4 0.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $363 $424 61 16.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,963 69.5% 4,797 67.2% -166 -3.3 -2.3 MOBILE HOMES.......... 5 0.1% 5 0.1% 0 0.0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1938.6 1950.0 11.4 0.6 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