Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: New Orleans city GEOCODE:22-0956 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 557,515 100.0% 496,938 100.0% -60,577 -10.9 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 460,183 82.5% 400,960 80.7% -59,223 -12.9 -1.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 13,738 2.5% 16,942 3.4% 3,204 23.3 0.9 IN RURAL AREAS........ 452 0.1% 200 0.0% -252 -55.8 -0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 238,192 42.7% 173,305 34.9% -64,887 -27.2 -7.8 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 308,039 55.3% 308,364 62.1% 325 0.1 6.8 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 7,458 1.3% 9,295 1.9% 1,837 24.6 0.5 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 623 0.1% 815 0.2% 192 30.8 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 19,215 3.4% 15,900 3.2% -3,315 -17.3 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 43,660 7.8% 38,359 7.7% -5,301 -12.1 -0.1 5-17.................. 116,840 21.0% 98,577 19.8% -18,263 -15.6 -1.1 18-24.................. 78,449 14.1% 54,937 11.1% -23,512 -30.0 -3.0 25-44.................. 150,503 27.0% 156,268 31.4% 5,765 3.8 4.5 45-64.................. 102,740 18.4% 84,210 16.9% -18,530 -18.0 -1.5 65 AND OVER............ 65,323 11.7% 64,587 13.0% -736 -1.1 1.3 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 160,500 28.8% 136,936 27.6% -23,564 -14.7 -1.2 40 AND OVER............ 195,395 35.0% 182,190 36.7% -13,205 -6.8 1.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.7 31.7 3.0 10.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $20,178 $18,477 -1,701 -8.4 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,625 $22,182 -3,443 -13.4 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,039 $11,372 333 3.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 143,793 26.4% 152,042 31.6% 8,249 5.7 5.2 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 207,075 100.0% 187,662 100.0% -19,413 -9.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 134,391 64.9% 119,516 63.7% -14,875 -11.1 -1.2 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 60,768 29.3% 52,666 28.1% -8,102 -13.3 -1.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 87,372 42.2% 66,886 35.6% -20,486 -23.4 -6.6 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 41,494 20.0% 29,764 15.9% -11,730 -28.3 -4.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 40,023 19.3% 45,240 24.1% 5,217 13.0 4.8 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 25,062 12.1% 27,191 14.5% 2,129 8.5 2.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 63,845 30.8% 59,302 31.6% -4,543 -7.1 0.8 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.6 2.6 -0.1 -2.6 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 318,566 100.0% 305,065 100.0% -13,501 -4.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 86,770 27.2% 71,889 23.6% -14,881 -17.1 -3.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 56,413 17.7% 68,451 22.4% 12,038 21.3 4.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 235,250 100.0% 213,034 100.0% -22,216 -9.4 FEMALE................ 105,851 45.0% 106,274 49.9% 423 0.4 4.9 EMPLOYED.............. 218,693 93.0% 186,036 87.3% -32,657 -14.9 -5.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 53,167 22.6% 56,908 26.7% 3,741 7.0 4.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 39,144 16.6% 35,675 16.7% -3,469 -8.9 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 226,105 100.0% 225,573 100.0% -532 -0.2 OCCUPIED.............. 206,435 91.3% 188,235 83.4% -18,200 -8.8 -7.9 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 81,975 39.7% 82,349 43.7% 374 0.5 4.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $99,524 $87,166 -12,358 -12.4 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 124,460 60.3% 105,886 56.3% -18,574 -14.9 -4.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $333 $379 46 13.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 115,150 50.9% 125,627 55.7% 10,477 9.1 4.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,091 0.5% 851 0.4% -240 -22.0 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1947.2 1951.0 3.8 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