Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bethlehem city GEOCODE:42-0855 PA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 70,419 100.0% 71,428 100.0% 1,009 1.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 57,138 81.1% 55,086 77.1% -2,052 -3.6 -4.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,333 6.2% 5,066 7.1% 733 16.9 0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 66,342 94.2% 62,647 87.7% -3,695 -5.6 -6.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,563 2.2% 2,017 2.8% 454 29.0 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 519 0.7% 1,204 1.7% 685 132.0 0.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 74 0.1% 58 0.1% -16 -21.6 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 5,945 8.4% 9,113 12.8% 3,168 53.3 4.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,723 5.3% 4,344 6.1% 621 16.7 0.8 5-17.................. 11,666 16.6% 10,632 14.9% -1,034 -8.9 -1.7 18-24.................. 11,788 16.7% 10,584 14.8% -1,204 -10.2 -1.9 25-44.................. 16,291 23.1% 20,431 28.6% 4,140 25.4 5.5 45-64.................. 16,913 24.0% 13,135 18.4% -3,778 -22.3 -5.6 65 AND OVER............ 10,038 14.3% 12,302 17.2% 2,264 22.6 3.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 15,389 21.9% 14,976 21.0% -413 -2.7 -0.9 40 AND OVER............ 30,142 42.8% 29,798 41.7% -344 -1.1 -1.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.9 34.1 1.2 3.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $29,367 $28,375 -992 -3.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $36,288 $35,011 -1,277 -3.5 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,906 $13,684 778 6.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 7,339 11.1% 8,626 13.0% 1,287 17.5 1.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 26,189 100.0% 27,157 100.0% 968 3.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 18,555 70.9% 18,187 67.0% -368 -2.0 -3.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 9,451 36.1% 9,985 36.8% 534 5.7 0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 15,179 58.0% 14,070 51.8% -1,109 -7.3 -6.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 6,263 23.9% 5,356 19.7% -907 -14.5 -4.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 2,701 10.3% 3,288 12.1% 587 21.7 1.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,403 5.4% 1,843 6.8% 440 31.4 1.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 6,743 25.7% 7,546 27.8% 803 11.9 2.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -3.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 43,242 100.0% 45,868 100.0% 2,626 6.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 15,516 35.9% 15,329 33.4% -187 -1.2 -2.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 6,551 15.1% 9,247 20.2% 2,696 41.2 5.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 32,263 100.0% 33,855 100.0% 1,592 4.9 FEMALE................ 13,701 42.5% 15,743 46.5% 2,042 14.9 4.0 EMPLOYED.............. 30,323 94.0% 32,127 94.9% 1,804 5.9 0.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 6,376 19.8% 8,394 24.8% 2,018 31.6 5.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,864 12.0% 4,551 13.4% 687 17.8 1.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 27,369 100.0% 28,486 100.0% 1,117 4.1 OCCUPIED.............. 26,177 95.6% 27,268 95.7% 1,091 4.2 0.1 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 16,187 61.8% 16,636 61.0% 449 2.8 -0.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $71,240 $101,564 30,324 42.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 9,990 38.2% 10,632 39.0% 642 6.4 0.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $355 $453 98 27.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 19,027 69.5% 19,546 68.6% 519 2.7 -0.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 13 0.0% 0 0.0% -13-100.0 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1944.5 1951.0 6.5 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