Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Westwego city GEOCODE:22-1435 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 12,663 100.0% 11,218 100.0% -1,445 -11.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 11,485 90.7% 9,856 87.9% -1,629 -14.2 -2.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 10,977 86.7% 9,193 81.9% -1,784 -16.3 -4.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,457 11.5% 1,736 15.5% 279 19.1 4.0 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 6 0.0% 39 0.3% 33 550.0 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 213 1.7% 115 1.0% -98 -46.0 -0.7 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 338 2.7% 343 3.1% 5 1.5 0.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,083 8.6% 931 8.3% -152 -14.0 -0.3 5-17.................. 2,798 22.1% 2,234 19.9% -564 -20.2 -2.2 18-24.................. 1,882 14.9% 1,168 10.4% -714 -37.9 -4.5 25-44.................. 3,159 24.9% 3,246 28.9% 87 2.8 4.0 45-64.................. 2,485 19.6% 2,281 20.3% -204 -8.2 0.7 65 AND OVER............ 1,256 9.9% 1,358 12.1% 102 8.1 2.2 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 3,881 30.6% 3,165 28.2% -716 -18.4 -2.4 40 AND OVER............ 4,383 34.6% 4,172 37.2% -211 -4.8 2.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.8 31.4 3.6 13.1 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,015 $18,095 -2,920 -13.9 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,466 $20,562 -4,904 -19.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $9,210 $8,262 -948 -10.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,543 20.2% 2,657 23.8% 114 4.5 3.7 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,480 100.0% 4,271 100.0% -209 -4.7 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,465 77.3% 3,087 72.3% -378 -10.9 -5.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 1,265 28.2% 1,325 31.0% 60 4.7 2.8 MARRIED COUPLES...... 2,582 57.6% 2,064 48.3% -518 -20.1 -9.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,370 30.6% 999 23.4% -371 -27.1 -7.2 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 713 15.9% 785 18.4% 72 10.1 2.5 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 429 9.6% 436 10.2% 7 1.6 0.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 903 20.2% 1,030 24.1% 127 14.1 4.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.8 2.6 -0.2 -7.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 6,900 100.0% 6,885 100.0% -15 -0.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 1,876 27.2% 2,470 35.9% 594 31.7 8.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 227 3.3% 276 4.0% 49 21.6 0.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 4,914 100.0% 4,619 100.0% -295 -6.0 FEMALE................ 1,770 36.0% 1,884 40.8% 114 6.4 4.8 EMPLOYED.............. 4,662 94.9% 4,231 91.6% -431 -9.2 -3.3 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 579 11.8% 457 9.9% -122 -21.1 -1.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 572 11.6% 516 11.2% -56 -9.8 -0.5 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,776 100.0% 4,690 100.0% -86 -1.8 OCCUPIED.............. 4,456 93.3% 4,216 89.9% -240 -5.4 -3.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 2,498 56.1% 2,387 56.6% -111 -4.4 0.6 AVERAGE VALUE....... $61,706 $51,811 -9,895 -16.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,958 43.9% 1,829 43.4% -129 -6.6 -0.6 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $289 $316 27 9.5 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,111 65.1% 3,056 65.2% -55 -1.8 0.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 214 4.5% 217 4.6% 3 1.4 0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1958.6 1959.0 0.4 0.0 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