Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bedford city GEOCODE:39-0295 OH ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 15,056 100.0% 14,822 100.0% -234 -1.6 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,314 88.4% 11,892 80.2% -1,422 -10.7 -8.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 47 0.3% 51 0.3% 4 8.5 0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 14,944 99.3% 14,015 94.6% -929 -6.2 -4.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 16 0.1% 671 4.5% 6554093.8 4.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 87 0.6% 108 0.7% 21 24.1 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 9 0.1% 7 0.0% -2 -22.2 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 118 0.8% 56 0.4% -62 -52.5 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 779 5.2% 878 5.9% 99 12.7 0.7 5-17.................. 2,671 17.7% 1,981 13.4% -690 -25.8 -4.4 18-24.................. 2,005 13.3% 1,299 8.8% -706 -35.2 -4.6 25-44.................. 3,751 24.9% 4,976 33.6% 1,225 32.7 8.7 45-64.................. 4,032 26.8% 3,113 21.0% -919 -22.8 -5.8 65 AND OVER............ 1,818 12.1% 2,575 17.4% 757 41.6 5.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,450 22.9% 2,859 19.3% -591 -17.1 -3.6 40 AND OVER............ 6,586 43.7% 6,471 43.7% -115 -1.7 -0.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.9 36.0 2.1 6.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $34,930 $30,082 -4,848 -13.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $40,264 $34,563 -5,701 -14.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $14,477 $14,935 458 3.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 528 3.5% 707 4.8% 179 33.9 1.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,759 100.0% 6,581 100.0% 822 14.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,230 73.5% 4,115 62.5% -115 -2.7 -10.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,525 43.8% 2,341 35.6% -184 -7.3 -8.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,668 63.7% 3,376 51.3% -292 -8.0 -12.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,567 27.2% 1,301 19.8% -266 -17.0 -7.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 463 8.0% 599 9.1% 136 29.4 1.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 185 3.2% 212 3.2% 27 14.6 0.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,392 24.2% 2,138 32.5% 746 53.6 8.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.2 -0.4 -13.9 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,601 100.0% 10,664 100.0% 1,063 11.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 4,488 46.7% 4,485 42.1% -3 -0.1 -4.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,081 11.3% 1,230 11.5% 149 13.8 0.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,052 100.0% 8,075 100.0% 23 0.3 FEMALE................ 3,446 42.8% 3,786 46.9% 340 9.9 4.1 EMPLOYED.............. 7,682 95.4% 7,748 96.0% 66 0.9 0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,364 16.9% 1,626 20.1% 262 19.2 3.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 748 9.3% 835 10.3% 87 11.6 1.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,953 100.0% 7,074 100.0% 1,121 18.8 OCCUPIED.............. 5,782 97.1% 6,551 92.6% 769 13.3 -4.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,034 69.8% 4,049 61.8% 15 0.4 -8.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $80,129 $65,738 -14,390 -18.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,748 30.2% 2,502 38.2% 754 43.1 8.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $433 $471 38 8.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,143 69.6% 4,374 61.8% 231 5.6 -7.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 5 0.1% 0 0.0% -5-100.0 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1953.8 1957.0 3.2 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