Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Natchitoches city GEOCODE:22-0940 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 16,664 100.0% 16,609 100.0% -55 -0.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 13,062 78.4% 12,271 73.9% -791 -6.1 -4.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 1,669 10.0% 2,448 14.7% 779 46.7 4.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 8,937 53.6% 8,066 48.6% -871 -9.7 -5.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 7,508 45.1% 8,292 49.9% 784 10.4 4.9 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 81 0.5% 67 0.4% -14 -17.3 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 53 0.3% 71 0.4% 18 34.0 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 417 2.5% 217 1.3% -200 -48.0 -1.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,372 8.2% 1,226 7.4% -146 -10.6 -0.9 5-17.................. 3,377 20.3% 3,646 22.0% 269 8.0 1.7 18-24.................. 3,539 21.2% 3,470 20.9% -69 -1.9 -0.3 25-44.................. 3,649 21.9% 3,923 23.6% 274 7.5 1.7 45-64.................. 2,614 15.7% 2,180 13.1% -434 -16.6 -2.6 65 AND OVER............ 2,113 12.7% 2,164 13.0% 51 2.4 0.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,749 28.5% 4,872 29.3% 123 2.6 0.8 40 AND OVER............ 5,377 32.3% 5,145 31.0% -232 -4.3 -1.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 25.2 24.9 -0.3 -1.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $19,292 $14,509 -4,783 -24.8 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,757 $16,407 -9,350 -36.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,095 $7,371 -1,724 -19.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 3,723 24.8% 5,616 39.8% 1,893 50.8 15.0 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 5,608 100.0% 5,339 100.0% -269 -4.8 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,893 69.4% 3,660 68.6% -233 -6.0 -0.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,088 37.2% 1,540 28.8% -548 -26.2 -8.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,687 47.9% 2,222 41.6% -465 -17.3 -6.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,382 24.6% 1,064 19.9% -318 -23.0 -4.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,018 18.2% 1,316 24.6% 298 29.3 6.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 564 10.1% 843 15.8% 279 49.5 5.7 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,545 27.5% 1,501 28.1% -44 -2.8 0.6 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.7 -0.0 -0.8 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 8,376 100.0% 8,267 100.0% -109 -1.3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,785 21.3% 2,050 24.8% 265 14.8 3.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,214 26.4% 1,823 22.1% -391 -17.7 -4.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,944 100.0% 6,733 100.0% -211 -3.0 FEMALE................ 3,512 50.6% 3,472 51.6% -40 -1.1 1.0 EMPLOYED.............. 6,449 92.9% 5,752 85.4% -697 -10.8 -7.4 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,972 28.4% 1,458 21.7% -514 -26.1 -6.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 914 13.2% 1,034 15.4% 120 13.1 2.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,110 100.0% 6,093 100.0% -17 -0.3 OCCUPIED.............. 5,567 91.1% 5,337 87.6% -230 -4.1 -3.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,172 57.0% 2,875 53.9% -297 -9.4 -3.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $64,537 $54,414 -10,123 -15.7 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,395 43.0% 2,462 46.1% 67 2.8 3.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $273 $305 32 11.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,405 72.1% 4,327 71.0% -78 -1.8 -1.1 MOBILE HOMES.......... 155 2.5% 196 3.2% 41 26.5 0.7 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.9 1967.0 6.1 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