Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Belton city GEOCODE:48-0370 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 10,660 100.0% 12,476 100.0% 1,816 17.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 9,168 86.0% 9,963 79.9% 795 8.7 -6.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 451 4.2% 1,089 8.7% 638 141.5 4.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 8,586 80.5% 9,587 76.8% 1,001 11.7 -3.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 922 8.6% 1,034 8.3% 112 12.1 -0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 21 0.2% 41 0.3% 20 95.2 0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 41 0.4% 55 0.4% 14 34.1 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,739 16.3% 2,847 22.8% 1,108 63.7 6.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,017 9.5% 1,101 8.8% 84 8.3 -0.7 5-17.................. 2,319 21.8% 2,536 20.3% 217 9.4 -1.4 18-24.................. 1,610 15.1% 1,556 12.5% -54 -3.4 -2.6 25-44.................. 2,674 25.1% 3,792 30.4% 1,118 41.8 5.3 45-64.................. 1,752 16.4% 1,877 15.0% 125 7.1 -1.4 65 AND OVER............ 1,288 12.1% 1,614 12.9% 326 25.3 0.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,336 31.3% 3,637 29.2% 301 9.0 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 3,541 33.2% 4,292 34.4% 752 21.2 1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.0 29.6 2.5 9.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $18,914 $18,549 -365 -1.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $24,841 $22,642 -2,199 -8.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,789 $9,359 570 6.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,266 22.2% 2,943 26.0% 677 29.9 3.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 3,678 100.0% 4,243 100.0% 565 15.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 2,725 74.1% 3,062 72.2% 337 12.4 -1.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,419 38.6% 1,516 35.7% 97 6.8 -2.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,285 62.1% 2,409 56.8% 124 5.4 -5.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,219 33.1% 1,268 29.9% 49 4.0 -3.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 355 9.7% 541 12.8% 186 52.4 3.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 259 7.0% 401 9.5% 142 54.8 2.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 872 23.7% 1,044 24.6% 172 19.7 0.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.7 -0.1 -3.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 5,714 100.0% 7,283 100.0% 1,569 27.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,426 25.0% 2,095 28.8% 669 46.9 3.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 771 13.5% 917 12.6% 146 18.9 -0.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,312 100.0% 5,146 100.0% 834 19.3 FEMALE................ 1,871 43.4% 2,329 45.3% 458 24.5 1.9 EMPLOYED.............. 4,119 95.5% 4,694 91.2% 575 14.0 -4.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 733 17.0% 985 19.1% 252 34.4 2.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 641 14.9% 769 14.9% 128 20.0 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,009 100.0% 4,664 100.0% 655 16.3 OCCUPIED.............. 3,714 92.6% 4,215 90.4% 501 13.5 -2.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,240 60.3% 2,399 56.9% 159 7.1 -3.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $52,141 $53,520 1,379 2.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,474 39.7% 1,816 43.1% 342 23.2 3.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $268 $283 15 5.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 2,941 73.4% 3,186 68.3% 245 8.3 -5.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 63 1.6% 237 5.1% 174 276.2 3.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.3 1967.0 6.7 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