Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: La Porte city GEOCODE:18-1325 IN ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 21,755 100.0% 21,507 100.0% -248 -1.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 18,521 85.1% 17,554 81.6% -967 -5.2 -3.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 342 1.6% 478 2.2% 136 39.8 0.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 21,034 96.7% 20,729 96.4% -305 -1.5 -0.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 354 1.6% 381 1.8% 27 7.6 0.1 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 47 0.2% 20 0.1% -27 -57.4 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 46 0.2% 135 0.6% 89 193.5 0.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 551 2.5% 461 2.1% -90 -16.3 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,575 7.2% 1,578 7.3% 3 0.2 0.1 5-17.................. 4,205 19.3% 3,768 17.5% -437 -10.4 -1.8 18-24.................. 2,754 12.7% 2,146 10.0% -608 -22.1 -2.7 25-44.................. 5,351 24.6% 6,455 30.0% 1,104 20.6 5.4 45-64.................. 4,717 21.7% 3,960 18.4% -757 -16.0 -3.3 65 AND OVER............ 3,153 14.5% 3,600 16.7% 447 14.2 2.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,780 26.6% 5,346 24.9% -434 -7.5 -1.7 40 AND OVER............ 8,873 40.8% 8,803 40.9% -70 -0.8 0.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 31.3 34.2 2.8 9.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $27,154 $25,021 -2,133 -7.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,151 $30,901 -2,250 -6.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,914 $12,301 -613 -4.7 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,735 8.1% 2,127 10.2% 392 22.6 2.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 8,514 100.0% 8,694 100.0% 180 2.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 5,924 69.6% 5,775 66.4% -149 -2.5 -3.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 3,299 38.7% 3,509 40.4% 210 6.4 1.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 4,952 58.2% 4,574 52.6% -378 -7.6 -5.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,358 27.7% 2,062 23.7% -296 -12.6 -4.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 841 9.9% 949 10.9% 108 12.8 1.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 556 6.5% 577 6.6% 21 3.8 0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,333 27.4% 2,503 28.8% 170 7.3 1.4 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.4 -0.1 -3.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 13,221 100.0% 14,015 100.0% 794 6.0 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,719 43.3% 5,681 40.5% -38 -0.7 -2.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,331 10.1% 1,754 12.5% 423 31.8 2.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 10,856 100.0% 10,681 100.0% -175 -1.6 FEMALE................ 4,877 44.9% 5,021 47.0% 144 3.0 2.1 EMPLOYED.............. 10,085 92.9% 10,139 94.9% 54 0.5 2.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,459 13.4% 1,806 16.9% 347 23.8 3.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,379 12.7% 1,446 13.5% 67 4.9 0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,988 100.0% 9,135 100.0% 147 1.6 OCCUPIED.............. 8,556 95.2% 8,675 95.0% 119 1.4 -0.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,627 65.8% 5,505 63.5% -122 -2.2 -2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $61,456 $50,762 -10,694 -17.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,929 34.2% 3,170 36.5% 241 8.2 2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $325 $356 31 9.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,100 67.9% 6,069 66.4% -31 -0.5 -1.4 MOBILE HOMES.......... 201 2.2% 248 2.7% 47 23.4 0.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1941.9 1947.0 5.1 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