Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Shreveport city GEOCODE:22-1240 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 205,776 100.0% 198,528 100.0% -7,248 -3.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 179,246 87.1% 168,329 84.8% -10,917 -6.1 -2.3 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,684 1.3% 3,813 1.9% 1,129 42.1 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 119,383 58.0% 107,824 54.3% -11,559 -9.7 -3.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 84,691 41.2% 88,970 44.8% 4,279 5.1 3.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 943 0.5% 809 0.4% -134 -14.2 -0.1 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 322 0.2% 463 0.2% 141 43.8 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 3,035 1.5% 2,058 1.0% -977 -32.2 -0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 17,464 8.5% 15,777 7.9% -1,687 -9.7 -0.5 5-17.................. 44,908 21.8% 40,940 20.6% -3,968 -8.8 -1.2 18-24.................. 26,386 12.8% 19,048 9.6% -7,338 -27.8 -3.2 25-44.................. 53,757 26.1% 59,815 30.1% 6,058 11.3 4.0 45-64.................. 39,105 19.0% 35,707 18.0% -3,398 -8.7 -1.0 65 AND OVER............ 24,156 11.7% 27,241 13.7% 3,085 12.8 2.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 62,372 30.3% 56,717 28.6% -5,655 -9.1 -1.7 40 AND OVER............ 73,459 35.7% 75,638 38.1% 2,180 3.0 2.4 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.8 32.6 3.8 13.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $25,693 $22,079 -3,614 -14.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,313 $26,894 -4,419 -14.1 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,316 $11,663 -653 -5.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 35,969 17.7% 49,215 25.3% 13,246 36.8 7.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 74,614 100.0% 75,363 100.0% 749 1.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 53,443 71.6% 51,741 68.7% -1,702 -3.2 -3.0 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 28,991 38.9% 25,741 34.2% -3,250 -11.2 -4.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 40,421 54.2% 34,804 46.2% -5,617 -13.9 -8.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 19,956 26.7% 15,485 20.5% -4,471 -22.4 -6.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 11,216 15.0% 14,841 19.7% 3,625 32.3 4.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 6,890 9.2% 8,674 11.5% 1,784 25.9 2.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 18,983 25.4% 21,364 28.3% 2,381 12.5 2.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.7 2.6 -0.1 -5.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 117,018 100.0% 122,763 100.0% 5,745 4.9 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 34,131 29.2% 36,265 29.5% 2,134 6.3 0.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 20,292 17.3% 24,071 19.6% 3,779 18.6 2.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 95,167 100.0% 89,281 100.0% -5,886 -6.2 FEMALE................ 44,004 46.2% 44,422 49.8% 418 0.9 3.5 EMPLOYED.............. 89,444 94.0% 78,900 88.4% -10,544 -11.8 -5.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 19,605 20.6% 21,279 23.8% 1,674 8.5 3.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 14,353 15.1% 13,643 15.3% -710 -4.9 0.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 79,904 100.0% 87,492 100.0% 7,588 9.5 OCCUPIED.............. 74,656 93.4% 75,663 86.5% 1,007 1.3 -7.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 48,508 65.0% 45,766 60.5% -2,742 -5.7 -4.5 AVERAGE VALUE....... $72,777 $64,100 -8,677 -11.9 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 26,148 35.0% 29,897 39.5% 3,749 14.3 4.5 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $308 $351 43 14.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 61,545 77.0% 63,191 72.2% 1,646 2.7 -4.8 MOBILE HOMES.......... 1,173 1.5% 2,008 2.3% 835 71.2 0.8 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1957.0 1964.0 7.0 0.4 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