Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Laplace CDP GEOCODE:22-0735 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 16,112 100.0% 24,194 100.0% 8,082 50.2 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 15,157 94.1% 22,444 92.8% 7,287 48.1 -1.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 149 0.9% 171 0.7% 22 14.8 -0.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 13,088 81.2% 18,468 76.3% 5,380 41.1 -4.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 2,909 18.1% 5,289 21.9% 2,380 81.8 3.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 39 0.2% 210 0.9% 171 438.5 0.6 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 32 0.2% 111 0.5% 79 246.9 0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 410 2.5% 735 3.0% 325 79.3 0.5 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,760 10.9% 2,488 10.3% 728 41.4 -0.6 5-17.................. 4,082 25.3% 5,928 24.5% 1,846 45.2 -0.8 18-24.................. 2,171 13.5% 2,031 8.4% -140 -6.4 -5.1 25-44.................. 5,168 32.1% 8,920 36.9% 3,752 72.6 4.8 45-64.................. 2,095 13.0% 3,471 14.3% 1,376 65.7 1.3 65 AND OVER............ 836 5.2% 1,356 5.6% 520 62.2 0.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,842 36.3% 8,416 34.8% 2,574 44.1 -1.5 40 AND OVER............ 3,946 24.5% 6,628 27.4% 2,683 68.0 2.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.1 28.8 3.6 14.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $39,566 $34,295 -5,271 -13.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $41,670 $36,820 -4,850 -11.6 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,716 $12,013 -703 -5.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,497 9.4% 2,747 11.5% 1,250 83.5 2.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,818 100.0% 7,733 100.0% 2,915 60.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,148 86.1% 6,415 83.0% 2,267 54.7 -3.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,289 47.5% 3,787 49.0% 1,498 65.4 1.5 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,705 76.9% 5,317 68.8% 1,612 43.5 -8.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,394 49.7% 3,417 44.2% 1,023 42.7 -5.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 329 6.8% 875 11.3% 546 166.0 4.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 197 4.1% 583 7.5% 386 195.9 3.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 577 12.0% 1,135 14.7% 558 96.7 2.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.3 3.1 -0.2 -6.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,099 100.0% 13,747 100.0% 5,648 69.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,246 40.1% 5,222 38.0% 1,976 60.9 -2.1 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 982 12.1% 1,953 14.2% 971 98.9 2.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,197 100.0% 11,392 100.0% 4,195 58.3 FEMALE................ 2,516 35.0% 4,748 41.7% 2,232 88.7 6.7 EMPLOYED.............. 6,732 93.5% 10,605 93.1% 3,873 57.5 -0.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,138 15.8% 2,716 23.8% 1,578 138.7 8.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 646 9.0% 1,139 10.0% 493 76.3 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,420 100.0% 8,426 100.0% 3,006 55.5 OCCUPIED.............. 4,819 88.9% 7,710 91.5% 2,891 60.0 2.6 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,777 78.4% 6,102 79.1% 2,325 61.6 0.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $92,302 $72,167 -20,135 -21.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,042 21.6% 1,608 20.9% 566 54.3 -0.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $493 $401 -92 -18.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,983 73.5% 6,513 77.3% 2,530 63.5 3.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 686 12.7% 797 9.5% 111 16.2 -3.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1971.3 1979.0 7.7 0.4 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