Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Houma city GEOCODE:22-0605 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 32,608 100.0% 30,495 100.0% -2,113 -6.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 29,521 90.5% 26,842 88.0% -2,679 -9.1 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 97 0.3% 419 1.4% 322 332.0 1.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 24,456 75.0% 21,718 71.2% -2,738 -11.2 -3.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 7,518 23.1% 7,446 24.4% -72 -1.0 1.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 48 0.1% 245 0.8% 197 410.4 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 565 1.7% 1,048 3.4% 483 85.5 1.7 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 468 1.4% 356 1.2% -112 -23.9 -0.3 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,011 9.2% 2,595 8.5% -416 -13.8 -0.7 5-17.................. 7,738 23.7% 6,920 22.7% -818 -10.6 -1.0 18-24.................. 4,666 14.3% 2,777 9.1% -1,889 -40.5 -5.2 25-44.................. 8,554 26.2% 9,473 31.1% 919 10.7 4.8 45-64.................. 5,869 18.0% 5,165 16.9% -704 -12.0 -1.1 65 AND OVER............ 2,770 8.5% 3,565 11.7% 795 28.7 3.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 10,749 33.0% 9,515 31.2% -1,234 -11.5 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 10,225 31.4% 10,722 35.2% 497 4.9 3.8 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.5 30.9 4.4 16.6 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $30,414 $19,397 -11,017 -36.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $34,512 $23,708 -10,804 -31.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,494 $9,790 -2,704 -21.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,603 17.3% 7,908 26.4% 2,305 41.1 9.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 11,060 100.0% 10,741 100.0% -319 -2.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,502 76.9% 7,996 74.4% -506 -6.0 -2.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,102 37.1% 3,603 33.5% -499 -12.2 -3.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 6,765 61.2% 5,784 53.8% -981 -14.5 -7.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,794 34.3% 3,004 28.0% -790 -20.8 -6.3 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,436 13.0% 1,812 16.9% 376 26.2 3.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 859 7.8% 1,051 9.8% 192 22.4 2.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,232 20.2% 2,376 22.1% 144 6.5 1.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.8 -0.1 -4.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 17,193 100.0% 18,203 100.0% 1,010 5.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 5,312 30.9% 5,947 32.7% 635 12.0 1.8 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,228 13.0% 2,285 12.6% 57 2.6 -0.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 13,884 100.0% 11,853 100.0% -2,031 -14.6 FEMALE................ 4,950 35.7% 5,146 43.4% 196 4.0 7.8 EMPLOYED.............. 13,399 96.5% 10,860 91.6% -2,539 -18.9 -4.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,740 19.7% 2,545 21.5% -195 -7.1 1.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,575 11.3% 1,631 13.8% 56 3.6 2.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 11,562 100.0% 11,476 100.0% -86 -0.7 OCCUPIED.............. 11,039 95.5% 10,658 92.9% -381 -3.5 -2.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 6,791 61.5% 6,876 64.5% 85 1.3 3.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $84,257 $58,838 -25,419 -30.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,248 38.5% 3,782 35.5% -466 -11.0 -3.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $309 $319 10 3.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,413 72.8% 8,781 76.5% 368 4.4 3.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 584 5.1% 704 6.1% 120 20.5 1.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.6 1962.0 4.4 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