Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: West Monroe city GEOCODE:22-1430 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,993 100.0% 14,096 100.0% -897 -6.0 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,660 84.4% 11,552 82.0% -1,108 -8.8 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 265 1.8% 329 2.3% 64 24.2 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 13,027 86.9% 11,468 81.4% -1,559 -12.0 -5.5 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,904 12.7% 2,395 17.0% 491 25.8 4.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 19 0.1% 118 0.8% 99 521.1 0.7 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 26 0.2% 52 0.4% 26 100.0 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 98 0.7% 155 1.1% 57 58.2 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,083 7.2% 985 7.0% -98 -9.0 -0.2 5-17.................. 2,657 17.7% 2,414 17.1% -243 -9.1 -0.6 18-24.................. 2,175 14.5% 1,388 9.8% -787 -36.2 -4.7 25-44.................. 3,552 23.7% 3,905 27.7% 353 9.9 4.0 45-64.................. 3,209 21.4% 2,821 20.0% -388 -12.1 -1.4 65 AND OVER............ 2,317 15.5% 2,583 18.3% 266 11.5 2.9 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,740 24.9% 3,399 24.1% -341 -9.1 -0.8 40 AND OVER............ 6,212 41.4% 6,158 43.7% -54 -0.9 2.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 32.2 35.1 2.9 8.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $24,067 $18,519 -5,548 -23.1 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,848 $23,957 -6,891 -22.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $12,378 $11,520 -858 -6.9 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,164 14.7% 2,873 21.0% 709 32.8 6.3 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 6,043 100.0% 5,891 100.0% -152 -2.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 4,166 68.9% 3,877 65.8% -289 -6.9 -3.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,026 33.5% 1,754 29.8% -272 -13.4 -3.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,385 56.0% 2,805 47.6% -580 -17.1 -8.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,404 23.2% 1,052 17.9% -352 -25.1 -5.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 679 11.2% 916 15.5% 237 34.9 4.3 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 379 6.3% 571 9.7% 192 50.7 3.4 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,720 28.5% 1,865 31.7% 145 8.4 3.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.3 -0.1 -4.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 9,078 100.0% 9,309 100.0% 231 2.5 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,934 32.3% 3,044 32.7% 110 3.7 0.4 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,176 13.0% 1,566 16.8% 390 33.2 3.9 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,820 100.0% 6,253 100.0% -567 -8.3 FEMALE................ 2,984 43.8% 2,893 46.3% -91 -3.0 2.5 EMPLOYED.............. 6,345 93.0% 5,788 92.6% -557 -8.8 -0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,404 20.6% 1,459 23.3% 55 3.9 2.7 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 653 9.6% 758 12.1% 105 16.1 2.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 6,521 100.0% 6,582 100.0% 61 0.9 OCCUPIED.............. 6,046 92.7% 5,893 89.5% -153 -2.5 -3.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,562 58.9% 3,304 56.1% -258 -7.2 -2.8 AVERAGE VALUE....... $59,292 $50,868 -8,424 -14.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,484 41.1% 2,589 43.9% 105 4.2 2.8 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $301 $335 34 11.2 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 4,788 73.4% 4,473 68.0% -315 -6.6 -5.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 214 3.3% 423 6.4% 209 97.7 3.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1956.8 1959.0 2.2 0.1 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