Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: La Grange city GEOCODE:13-1545 GA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 24,163 100.0% 25,597 100.0% 1,434 5.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 20,717 85.7% 21,233 83.0% 516 2.5 -2.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 702 2.9% 784 3.1% 82 11.7 0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 14,162 58.6% 14,424 56.4% 262 1.9 -2.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 9,913 41.0% 10,827 42.3% 914 9.2 1.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 69 0.3% 231 0.9% 162 234.8 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 13 0.1% 29 0.1% 16 123.1 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 134 0.6% 159 0.6% 25 18.7 0.1 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,810 7.5% 2,031 7.9% 221 12.2 0.4 5-17.................. 5,204 21.5% 5,008 19.6% -196 -3.8 -2.0 18-24.................. 3,240 13.4% 2,923 11.4% -317 -9.8 -2.0 25-44.................. 5,654 23.4% 7,120 27.8% 1,466 25.9 4.4 45-64.................. 4,916 20.3% 4,493 17.6% -423 -8.6 -2.8 65 AND OVER............ 3,339 13.8% 4,022 15.7% 683 20.5 1.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 7,014 29.0% 7,039 27.5% 25 0.4 -1.5 40 AND OVER............ 9,336 38.6% 10,072 39.3% 737 7.9 0.7 MEDIAN AGE............ 29.5 32.2 2.7 9.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,399 $21,851 1,452 7.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,683 $27,210 1,527 5.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,055 $12,181 2,126 21.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 4,659 19.9% 5,282 21.3% 623 13.4 1.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,615 100.0% 9,750 100.0% 1,135 13.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,159 71.5% 6,624 67.9% 465 7.5 -3.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,189 37.0% 3,675 37.7% 486 15.2 0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,440 51.5% 4,285 43.9% -155 -3.5 -7.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,056 23.9% 2,025 20.8% -31 -1.5 -3.1 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,446 16.8% 2,015 20.7% 569 39.3 3.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 773 9.0% 1,101 11.3% 328 42.4 2.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,219 25.8% 2,771 28.4% 552 24.9 2.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -6.5 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 13,909 100.0% 15,635 100.0% 1,726 12.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,763 19.9% 4,378 28.0% 1,615 58.5 8.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,802 13.0% 2,533 16.2% 731 40.6 3.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,832 100.0% 12,041 100.0% 1,209 11.2 FEMALE................ 5,171 47.7% 6,038 50.1% 867 16.8 2.4 EMPLOYED.............. 9,966 92.0% 10,975 91.1% 1,009 10.1 -0.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,932 17.8% 2,382 19.8% 450 23.3 1.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,439 13.3% 1,724 14.3% 285 19.8 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 9,015 100.0% 10,949 100.0% 1,934 21.5 OCCUPIED.............. 8,707 96.6% 9,772 89.3% 1,065 12.2 -7.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 4,675 53.7% 4,769 48.8% 94 2.0 -4.9 AVERAGE VALUE....... $58,819 $70,548 11,730 19.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,032 46.3% 5,003 51.2% 971 24.1 4.9 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $260 $361 101 38.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,074 78.5% 7,422 67.8% 348 4.9 -10.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 314 3.5% 527 4.8% 213 67.8 1.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1948.0 1962.0 14.0 0.7 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