Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Metairie CDP GEOCODE:22-0882 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 164,160 100.0% 149,428 100.0% -14,732 -9.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 143,457 87.4% 125,384 83.9% -18,073 -12.6 -3.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 454 0.3% 308 0.2% -146 -32.2 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 153,782 93.7% 136,568 91.4% -17,214 -11.2 -2.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 7,243 4.4% 7,287 4.9% 44 0.6 0.5 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 1,856 1.1% 3,052 2.0% 1,196 64.4 0.9 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 284 0.2% 242 0.2% -42 -14.8 -0.0 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 7,660 4.7% 9,470 6.3% 1,810 23.6 1.7 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 10,240 6.2% 8,691 5.8% -1,549 -15.1 -0.4 5-17.................. 32,274 19.7% 23,060 15.4% -9,214 -28.5 -4.2 18-24.................. 21,511 13.1% 14,834 9.9% -6,677 -31.0 -3.2 25-44.................. 50,861 31.0% 48,966 32.8% -1,895 -3.7 1.8 45-64.................. 34,572 21.1% 33,047 22.1% -1,525 -4.4 1.1 65 AND OVER............ 14,702 9.0% 20,830 13.9% 6,128 41.7 5.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 42,514 25.9% 31,751 21.2% -10,763 -25.3 -4.6 40 AND OVER............ 59,424 36.2% 64,851 43.4% 5,428 9.1 7.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 30.6 35.8 5.2 17.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $35,584 $30,024 -5,560 -15.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $40,871 $36,873 -3,998 -9.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $15,562 $15,702 140 0.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 9,051 5.5% 13,424 9.0% 4,373 48.3 3.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 61,805 100.0% 61,898 100.0% 93 0.2 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 44,385 71.8% 40,940 66.1% -3,445 -7.8 -5.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 25,107 40.6% 23,648 38.2% -1,459 -5.8 -2.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 37,719 61.0% 32,269 52.1% -5,450 -14.4 -8.9 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 18,758 30.4% 13,551 21.9% -5,207 -27.8 -8.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 5,312 8.6% 6,863 11.1% 1,551 29.2 2.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 2,664 4.3% 3,068 5.0% 404 15.2 0.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 14,943 24.2% 18,495 29.9% 3,552 23.8 5.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.4 -0.2 -9.0 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 100,135 100.0% 102,843 100.0% 2,708 2.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 35,970 35.9% 31,406 30.5% -4,564 -12.7 -5.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 22,504 22.5% 25,657 24.9% 3,153 14.0 2.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 85,207 100.0% 79,187 100.0% -6,020 -7.1 FEMALE................ 35,318 41.4% 37,071 46.8% 1,753 5.0 5.4 EMPLOYED.............. 82,434 96.7% 75,074 94.8% -7,360 -8.9 -1.9 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 23,850 28.0% 23,772 30.0% -78 -0.3 2.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 7,603 8.9% 7,696 9.7% 93 1.2 0.8 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 64,898 100.0% 67,021 100.0% 2,123 3.3 OCCUPIED.............. 61,721 95.1% 61,907 92.4% 186 0.3 -2.7 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 37,265 60.4% 37,865 61.2% 600 1.6 0.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $114,366 $102,003 -12,364 -10.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 24,456 39.6% 24,042 38.8% -414 -1.7 -0.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $474 $437 -37 -7.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 40,729 62.8% 41,953 62.6% 1,224 3.0 -0.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 324 0.5% 294 0.4% -30 -9.3 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1965.7 1967.0 1.3 0.1 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