Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Opelousas city GEOCODE:22-1025 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 18,903 100.0% 18,151 100.0% -752 -4.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 16,813 88.9% 15,290 84.2% -1,523 -9.1 -4.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 194 1.0% 674 3.7% 480 247.4 2.7 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 8,646 45.7% 6,933 38.2% -1,713 -19.8 -7.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 10,194 53.9% 11,053 60.9% 859 8.4 7.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 33 0.2% 76 0.4% 43 130.3 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 25 0.1% 12 0.1% -13 -52.0 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 335 1.8% 178 1.0% -157 -46.9 -0.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,585 8.4% 1,561 8.6% -24 -1.5 0.2 5-17.................. 4,756 25.2% 4,048 22.3% -708 -14.9 -2.9 18-24.................. 2,325 12.3% 1,730 9.5% -595 -25.6 -2.8 25-44.................. 4,107 21.7% 4,580 25.2% 473 11.5 3.5 45-64.................. 3,765 19.9% 3,374 18.6% -391 -10.4 -1.3 65 AND OVER............ 2,365 12.5% 2,858 15.7% 493 20.8 3.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,341 33.5% 5,609 30.9% -732 -11.5 -2.6 40 AND OVER............ 6,985 36.9% 7,239 39.9% 255 3.6 2.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.0 32.0 4.0 14.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $16,211 $11,809 -4,402 -27.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $21,201 $14,989 -6,212 -29.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $7,838 $7,790 -48 -0.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,072 32.6% 7,907 45.3% 1,835 30.2 12.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,536 100.0% 6,454 100.0% -82 -1.3 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,820 73.7% 4,510 69.9% -310 -6.4 -3.9 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,926 29.5% 1,479 22.9% -447 -23.2 -6.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,505 53.6% 2,665 41.3% -840 -24.0 -12.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,790 27.4% 1,259 19.5% -531 -29.7 -7.9 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,188 18.2% 1,618 25.1% 430 36.2 6.9 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 700 10.7% 1,013 15.7% 313 44.7 5.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,592 24.4% 1,796 27.8% 204 12.8 3.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.7 -0.2 -5.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 10,237 100.0% 10,812 100.0% 575 5.6 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,347 22.9% 2,930 27.1% 583 24.8 4.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,281 12.5% 1,399 12.9% 118 9.2 0.4 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,689 100.0% 5,919 100.0% -770 -11.5 FEMALE................ 2,883 43.1% 3,059 51.7% 176 6.1 8.6 EMPLOYED.............. 6,197 92.6% 4,769 80.6% -1,428 -23.0 -12.1 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,349 20.2% 1,170 19.8% -179 -13.3 -0.4 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 970 14.5% 801 13.5% -169 -17.4 -1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,759 100.0% 7,173 100.0% 414 6.1 OCCUPIED.............. 6,438 95.3% 6,452 89.9% 14 0.2 -5.3 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,895 60.5% 3,798 58.9% -97 -2.5 -1.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $56,066 $48,514 -7,553 -13.5 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,543 39.5% 2,654 41.1% 111 4.4 1.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $235 $223 -12 -5.0 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 5,799 85.8% 5,362 74.8% -437 -7.5 -11.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 359 5.3% 794 11.1% 435 121.2 5.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.3 1962.0 5.7 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