Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Baton Rouge city GEOCODE:22-0095 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 219,419 100.0% 219,531 100.0% 112 0.1 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 178,723 81.5% 171,019 77.9% -7,704 -4.3 -3.6 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 9,822 4.5% 10,699 4.9% 877 8.9 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 136,398 62.2% 118,412 53.9% -17,986 -13.2 -8.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 79,848 36.4% 96,307 43.9% 16,459 20.6 7.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 2,049 0.9% 3,687 1.7% 1,638 79.9 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 266 0.1% 253 0.1% -13 -4.9 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 4,255 1.9% 3,462 1.6% -793 -18.6 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 16,507 7.5% 15,564 7.1% -943 -5.7 -0.4 5-17.................. 43,635 19.9% 39,007 17.8% -4,628 -10.6 -2.1 18-24.................. 42,988 19.6% 36,080 16.4% -6,908 -16.1 -3.2 25-44.................. 58,859 26.8% 66,570 30.3% 7,711 13.1 3.5 45-64.................. 38,551 17.6% 37,230 17.0% -1,321 -3.4 -0.6 65 AND OVER............ 18,879 8.6% 25,080 11.4% 6,201 32.8 2.8 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 60,142 27.4% 54,571 24.9% -5,571 -9.3 -2.6 40 AND OVER............ 68,090 31.0% 76,607 34.9% 8,518 12.5 3.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.5 30.1 3.5 13.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,890 $21,898 -3,992 -15.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $32,638 $29,024 -3,614 -11.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,634 $12,398 -236 -1.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 39,235 18.7% 54,669 26.2% 15,434 39.3 7.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 78,706 100.0% 83,106 100.0% 4,400 5.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 53,847 68.4% 52,888 63.6% -959 -1.8 -4.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 28,056 35.6% 27,406 33.0% -650 -2.3 -2.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 40,154 51.0% 35,820 43.1% -4,334 -10.8 -7.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 19,767 25.1% 15,917 19.2% -3,850 -19.5 -6.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 11,539 14.7% 14,473 17.4% 2,934 25.4 2.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 7,261 9.2% 8,545 10.3% 1,284 17.7 1.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 20,124 25.6% 24,430 29.4% 4,306 21.4 3.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.5 -0.2 -5.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 116,289 100.0% 128,880 100.0% 12,591 10.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 31,794 27.3% 32,468 25.2% 674 2.1 -2.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 29,034 25.0% 36,519 28.3% 7,485 25.8 3.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 102,828 100.0% 105,571 100.0% 2,743 2.7 FEMALE................ 45,267 44.0% 50,579 47.9% 5,312 11.7 3.9 EMPLOYED.............. 96,825 94.2% 95,679 90.6% -1,146 -1.2 -3.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 26,107 25.4% 30,348 28.7% 4,241 16.2 3.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 12,990 12.6% 14,355 13.6% 1,365 10.5 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 84,015 100.0% 97,115 100.0% 13,100 15.6 OCCUPIED.............. 78,581 93.5% 83,340 85.8% 4,759 6.1 -7.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 42,463 54.0% 44,030 52.8% 1,567 3.7 -1.2 AVERAGE VALUE....... $93,882 $78,317 -15,565 -16.6 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 36,118 46.0% 39,310 47.2% 3,192 8.8 1.2 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $379 $354 -25 -6.6 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 55,274 65.8% 59,966 61.7% 4,692 8.5 -4.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 824 1.0% 826 0.9% 2 0.2 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.4 1965.0 4.6 0.2 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