Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Lake Charles city GEOCODE:22-0715 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 75,226 100.0% 70,580 100.0% -4,646 -6.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 65,681 87.3% 59,332 84.1% -6,349 -9.7 -3.2 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,444 1.9% 1,601 2.3% 157 10.9 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 46,076 61.3% 40,566 57.5% -5,510 -12.0 -3.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 28,554 38.0% 29,397 41.7% 843 3.0 3.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 281 0.4% 283 0.4% 2 0.7 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 72 0.1% 187 0.3% 115 159.7 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,132 1.5% 781 1.1% -351 -31.0 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 5,995 8.0% 5,299 7.5% -696 -11.6 -0.5 5-17.................. 16,106 21.4% 14,241 20.2% -1,865 -11.6 -1.2 18-24.................. 11,512 15.3% 7,631 10.8% -3,881 -33.7 -4.5 25-44.................. 19,208 25.5% 20,865 29.6% 1,657 8.6 4.0 45-64.................. 15,039 20.0% 13,266 18.8% -1,773 -11.8 -1.2 65 AND OVER............ 7,366 9.8% 9,278 13.1% 1,912 26.0 3.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 22,101 29.4% 19,540 27.7% -2,561 -11.6 -1.7 40 AND OVER............ 26,063 34.6% 26,919 38.1% 856 3.3 3.5 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.9 32.2 4.3 15.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $28,758 $21,225 -7,533 -26.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $33,648 $26,204 -7,444 -22.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,205 $11,475 -730 -6.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 11,283 15.3% 16,172 23.6% 4,889 43.3 8.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 26,605 100.0% 26,790 100.0% 185 0.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 19,685 74.0% 18,386 68.6% -1,299 -6.6 -5.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 10,170 38.2% 8,089 30.2% -2,081 -20.5 -8.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 15,641 58.8% 13,035 48.7% -2,606 -16.7 -10.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 7,842 29.5% 5,806 21.7% -2,036 -26.0 -7.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,352 12.6% 4,612 17.2% 1,260 37.6 4.6 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,129 8.0% 2,817 10.5% 688 32.3 2.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,980 22.5% 7,453 27.8% 1,473 24.6 5.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -7.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 41,613 100.0% 43,409 100.0% 1,796 4.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 11,440 27.5% 12,161 28.0% 721 6.3 0.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 7,049 16.9% 7,971 18.4% 922 13.1 1.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 34,978 100.0% 30,894 100.0% -4,084 -11.7 FEMALE................ 14,793 42.3% 14,036 45.4% -757 -5.1 3.1 EMPLOYED.............. 33,039 94.5% 27,620 89.4% -5,419 -16.4 -5.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 7,222 20.6% 7,185 23.3% -37 -0.5 2.6 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,909 14.0% 4,353 14.1% -556 -11.3 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 28,158 100.0% 29,844 100.0% 1,686 6.0 OCCUPIED.............. 26,519 94.2% 26,815 89.9% 296 1.1 -4.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 16,192 61.1% 15,661 58.4% -531 -3.3 -2.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $73,426 $61,354 -12,071 -16.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 10,327 38.9% 11,154 41.6% 827 8.0 2.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $362 $339 -23 -6.3 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 21,510 76.4% 21,941 73.5% 431 2.0 -2.9 MOBILE HOMES.......... 319 1.1% 683 2.3% 364 114.1 1.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1955.5 1961.0 5.5 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