Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Bellingham city GEOCODE:53-0080 WA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 45,805 100.0% 52,278 100.0% 6,473 14.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 31,290 68.3% 34,049 65.1% 2,759 8.8 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 3,302 7.2% 4,221 8.1% 919 27.8 0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 44,097 96.3% 49,054 93.8% 4,957 11.2 -2.4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 188 0.4% 399 0.8% 211 112.2 0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 543 1.2% 1,521 2.9% 978 180.1 1.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 751 1.6% 838 1.6% 87 11.6 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 682 1.5% 1,210 2.3% 528 77.4 0.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,507 5.5% 2,826 5.4% 319 12.7 -0.1 5-17.................. 6,828 14.9% 7,212 13.8% 384 5.6 -1.1 18-24.................. 10,692 23.3% 11,054 21.1% 362 3.4 -2.2 25-44.................. 12,802 27.9% 16,365 31.3% 3,563 27.8 3.4 45-64.................. 6,890 15.0% 7,448 14.2% 558 8.1 -0.8 65 AND OVER............ 6,086 13.3% 7,373 14.1% 1,287 21.1 0.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,335 20.4% 10,038 19.2% 703 7.5 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 15,082 32.9% 18,458 35.3% 3,376 22.4 2.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.1 31.0 2.9 10.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $23,106 $24,714 1,608 7.0 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,718 $33,705 987 3.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,310 $13,698 1,388 11.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 7,249 17.0% 8,033 16.7% 784 10.8 -0.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 18,319 100.0% 21,277 100.0% 2,958 16.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,350 56.5% 11,624 54.6% 1,274 12.3 -1.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 5,516 30.1% 6,601 31.0% 1,085 19.7 0.9 MARRIED COUPLES...... 8,602 47.0% 9,314 43.8% 712 8.3 -3.2 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,743 20.4% 3,915 18.4% 172 4.6 -2.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,401 7.6% 1,838 8.6% 437 31.2 1.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 879 4.8% 1,278 6.0% 399 45.4 1.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,637 30.8% 6,687 31.4% 1,050 18.6 0.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.3 2.3 -0.1 -2.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 25,778 100.0% 31,186 100.0% 5,408 21.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 8,795 34.1% 7,921 25.4% -874 -9.9 -8.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 5,867 22.8% 8,783 28.2% 2,916 49.7 5.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 21,911 100.0% 27,728 100.0% 5,817 26.5 FEMALE................ 9,925 45.3% 13,148 47.4% 3,223 32.5 2.1 EMPLOYED.............. 19,587 89.4% 26,416 95.3% 6,829 34.9 5.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,880 22.3% 7,153 25.8% 2,273 46.6 3.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 3,424 15.6% 4,409 15.9% 985 28.8 0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 19,776 100.0% 22,162 100.0% 2,386 12.1 OCCUPIED.............. 18,465 93.4% 21,228 95.8% 2,763 15.0 2.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 10,043 54.4% 10,794 50.8% 751 7.5 -3.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $96,676 $109,538 12,862 13.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 8,422 45.6% 10,434 49.2% 2,012 23.9 3.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $389 $426 37 9.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 12,462 63.0% 12,873 58.1% 411 3.3 -4.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 520 2.6% 869 3.9% 349 67.1 1.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1952.5 1962.0 9.5 0.5 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