Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Fort Bliss CDP GEOCODE:48-1489 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,687 100.0% 13,915 100.0% 1,228 9.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 6,830 53.8% 9,692 69.7% 2,862 41.9 15.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 5,822 45.9% 4,206 30.2% -1,616 -27.8 -15.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 7,290 57.5% 8,496 61.1% 1,206 16.5 3.6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,700 29.2% 3,982 28.6% 282 7.6 -0.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 355 2.8% 439 3.2% 84 23.7 0.4 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 108 0.9% 98 0.7% -10 -9.3 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,788 14.1% 2,334 16.8% 546 30.5 2.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,505 11.9% 1,923 13.8% 418 27.8 2.0 5-17.................. 1,775 14.0% 2,391 17.2% 616 34.7 3.2 18-24.................. 6,126 48.3% 4,580 32.9% -1,546 -25.2 -15.4 25-44.................. 3,133 24.7% 4,893 35.2% 1,760 56.2 10.5 45-64.................. 132 1.0% 110 0.8% -22 -16.7 -0.2 65 AND OVER............ 16 0.1% 18 0.1% 2 12.5 0.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,280 25.9% 4,314 31.0% 1,034 31.5 5.1 40 AND OVER............ 455 3.6% 557 4.0% 102 22.4 0.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 21.1 22.1 1.0 4.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $18,808 $18,290 -518 -2.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $18,665 $18,315 -350 -1.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $7,590 $8,073 483 6.4 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,389 20.2% 1,887 19.5% 498 35.9 -0.8 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 1,875 100.0% 2,698 100.0% 823 43.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 1,846 98.5% 2,681 99.4% 835 45.2 0.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 819 43.7% 1,517 56.2% 698 85.2 12.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 1,763 94.0% 2,548 94.4% 785 44.5 0.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,494 79.7% 2,042 75.7% 548 36.7 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 77 4.1% 99 3.7% 22 28.6 -0.4 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 77 4.1% 99 3.7% 22 28.6 -0.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 23 1.2% 17 0.6% -6 -26.1 -0.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.7 3.6 -0.1 -1.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 3,281 100.0% 5,021 100.0% 1,740 53.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,791 54.6% 1,824 36.3% 33 1.8 -18.3 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 537 16.4% 840 16.7% 303 56.4 0.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 633 100.0% 1,456 100.0% 823 130.0 FEMALE................ 528 83.4% 1,079 74.1% 551 104.4 -9.3 EMPLOYED.............. 546 86.3% 1,193 81.9% 647 118.5 -4.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 121 19.1% 336 23.1% 215 177.7 4.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 90 14.2% 227 15.6% 137 152.2 1.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 1,887 100.0% 2,807 100.0% 920 48.8 OCCUPIED.............. 1,852 98.1% 2,702 96.3% 850 45.9 -1.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 0 0.0% 16 0.6% 16 0.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,852 100.0% 2,686 99.4% 834 45.0 -0.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $232 $350 118 51.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 923 48.9% 2,117 75.4% 1,194 129.4 26.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1958.7 1960.0 1.3 0.1 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