Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Morgan City city GEOCODE:22-0915 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 16,114 100.0% 14,531 100.0% -1,583 -9.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 14,578 90.5% 12,717 87.5% -1,861 -12.8 -3.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 92 0.6% 253 1.7% 161 175.0 1.2 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 13,010 80.7% 10,963 75.4% -2,047 -15.7 -5.3 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 3,043 18.9% 3,219 22.2% 176 5.8 3.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 18 0.1% 14 0.1% -4 -22.2 -0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 3 0.0% 211 1.5% 2086933.3 1.4 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 530 3.3% 563 3.9% 33 6.2 0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,317 8.2% 1,179 8.1% -138 -10.5 -0.1 5-17.................. 4,056 25.2% 3,129 21.5% -927 -22.9 -3.6 18-24.................. 2,154 13.4% 1,477 10.2% -677 -31.4 -3.2 25-44.................. 4,571 28.4% 4,185 28.8% -386 -8.4 0.4 45-64.................. 2,822 17.5% 2,978 20.5% 156 5.5 3.0 65 AND OVER............ 1,194 7.4% 1,583 10.9% 389 32.6 3.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 5,373 33.3% 4,308 29.6% -1,065 -19.8 -3.7 40 AND OVER............ 5,031 31.2% 5,422 37.3% 392 7.8 6.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 26.8 31.7 4.8 18.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $34,385 $22,664 -11,721 -34.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $39,062 $27,368 -11,694 -29.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,584 $10,577 -3,007 -22.1 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,183 13.7% 3,427 24.0% 1,244 57.0 10.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,289 100.0% 5,205 100.0% -84 -1.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,092 77.4% 3,860 74.2% -232 -5.7 -3.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,279 43.1% 1,866 35.9% -413 -18.1 -7.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,419 64.6% 2,820 54.2% -599 -17.5 -10.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,991 37.6% 1,354 26.0% -637 -32.0 -11.6 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 570 10.8% 730 14.0% 160 28.1 3.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 339 6.4% 446 8.6% 107 31.6 2.2 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,028 19.4% 1,176 22.6% 148 14.4 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 2.7 -0.3 -9.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,587 100.0% 8,746 100.0% 159 1.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,634 30.7% 2,817 32.2% 183 6.9 1.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,126 13.1% 1,095 12.5% -31 -2.8 -0.6 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 7,231 100.0% 6,268 100.0% -963 -13.3 FEMALE................ 2,679 37.0% 2,753 43.9% 74 2.8 6.9 EMPLOYED.............. 6,911 95.6% 5,586 89.1% -1,325 -19.2 -6.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,672 23.1% 1,510 24.1% -162 -9.7 1.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 785 10.9% 744 11.9% -41 -5.2 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 5,676 100.0% 5,838 100.0% 162 2.9 OCCUPIED.............. 5,352 94.3% 5,192 88.9% -160 -3.0 -5.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,219 60.1% 3,209 61.8% -10 -0.3 1.7 AVERAGE VALUE....... $93,793 $56,908 -36,885 -39.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,133 39.9% 1,983 38.2% -150 -7.0 -1.7 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $327 $290 -37 -11.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,516 79.6% 4,208 72.1% -308 -6.8 -7.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 348 6.1% 619 10.6% 271 77.9 4.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.0 1963.0 3.0 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