Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bowling Green city GEOCODE:39-0480 OH ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 25,728 100.0% 28,176 100.0% 2,448 9.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 10,976 42.7% 11,859 42.1% 883 8.0 -0.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 7,963 31.0% 7,850 27.9% -113 -1.4 -3.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 24,284 94.4% 26,482 94.0% 2,198 9.1 -0.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 913 3.5% 725 2.6% -188 -20.6 -1.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 254 1.0% 696 2.5% 442 174.0 1.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 58 0.2% 96 0.3% 38 65.5 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 444 1.7% 461 1.6% 17 3.8 -0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 995 3.9% 1,057 3.8% 62 6.2 -0.1 5-17.................. 2,337 9.1% 2,565 9.1% 228 9.8 0.0 18-24.................. 14,118 54.9% 14,261 50.6% 143 1.0 -4.3 25-44.................. 4,582 17.8% 5,726 20.3% 1,144 25.0 2.5 45-64.................. 2,300 8.9% 2,658 9.4% 358 15.6 0.5 65 AND OVER............ 1,396 5.4% 1,909 6.8% 513 36.7 1.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,332 13.0% 3,622 12.9% 290 8.7 -0.1 40 AND OVER............ 4,425 17.2% 5,635 20.0% 1,211 27.4 2.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 21.5 22.0 0.5 2.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,094 $21,766 -1,328 -5.7 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $38,669 $36,799 -1,870 -4.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,457 $10,354 897 9.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,629 26.0% 5,474 27.0% 845 18.3 1.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,127 100.0% 8,570 100.0% 1,443 20.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,534 49.6% 3,988 46.5% 454 12.8 -3.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,375 33.3% 2,628 30.7% 253 10.7 -2.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,066 43.0% 3,181 37.1% 115 3.8 -5.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,479 20.8% 1,542 18.0% 63 4.3 -2.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 345 4.8% 620 7.2% 275 79.7 2.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 222 3.1% 413 4.8% 191 86.0 1.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,865 26.2% 2,461 28.7% 596 32.0 2.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -4.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,278 100.0% 10,293 100.0% 2,015 24.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,251 27.2% 2,380 23.1% 129 5.7 -4.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,492 42.2% 4,281 41.6% 789 22.6 -0.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 11,889 100.0% 15,130 100.0% 3,241 27.3 FEMALE................ 6,017 50.6% 8,046 53.2% 2,029 33.7 2.6 EMPLOYED.............. 11,119 93.5% 14,118 93.3% 2,999 27.0 -0.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,534 29.7% 5,117 33.8% 1,583 44.8 4.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,383 20.0% 2,606 17.2% 223 9.4 -2.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 7,426 100.0% 8,964 100.0% 1,538 20.7 OCCUPIED.............. 7,130 96.0% 8,502 94.8% 1,372 19.2 -1.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,068 43.0% 3,585 42.2% 517 16.9 -0.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $96,918 $87,775 -9,143 -9.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,062 57.0% 4,917 57.8% 855 21.0 0.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $400 $393 -7 -1.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,563 48.0% 3,966 44.2% 403 11.3 -3.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 127 1.7% 462 5.2% 335 263.8 3.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1961.0 1967.0 6.0 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