Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: La Porte city GEOCODE:48-2390 TX ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 14,062 100.0% 27,896 100.0% 13,834 98.4 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 12,850 91.4% 25,755 92.3% 12,905 100.4 0.9 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 289 2.1% 159 0.6% -130 -45.0 -1.5 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 11,744 83.5% 23,896 85.7% 12,152 103.5 2.1 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,372 9.8% 1,966 7.0% 594 43.3 -2.7 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 275 2.0% 272 1.0% -3 -1.1 -1.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 96 0.7% 172 0.6% 76 79.2 -0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,576 11.2% 3,943 14.1% 2,367 150.2 2.9 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,474 10.5% 2,557 9.2% 1,083 73.5 -1.3 5-17.................. 3,196 22.7% 6,479 23.2% 3,283 102.7 0.5 18-24.................. 1,714 12.2% 2,472 8.9% 758 44.2 -3.3 25-44.................. 4,662 33.2% 10,425 37.4% 5,763 123.6 4.2 45-64.................. 2,050 14.6% 4,478 16.1% 2,428 118.4 1.5 65 AND OVER............ 966 6.9% 1,485 5.3% 519 53.7 -1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 4,670 33.2% 9,036 32.4% 4,366 93.5 -0.8 40 AND OVER............ 3,890 27.7% 8,340 29.9% 4,450 114.4 2.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.0 30.1 3.1 11.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $41,515 $41,733 218 0.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $44,123 $45,144 1,021 2.3 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $13,731 $14,349 618 4.5 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 1,151 8.4% 2,442 8.8% 1,291 112.2 0.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 4,507 100.0% 9,099 100.0% 4,592 101.9 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 3,788 84.0% 7,460 82.0% 3,672 96.9 -2.1 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,356 52.3% 5,087 55.9% 2,731 115.9 3.6 MARRIED COUPLES...... 3,248 72.1% 6,366 70.0% 3,118 96.0 -2.1 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 1,925 42.7% 3,763 41.4% 1,838 95.5 -1.4 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 427 9.5% 750 8.2% 323 75.6 -1.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 306 6.8% 484 5.3% 178 58.2 -1.5 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 583 12.9% 1,364 15.0% 781 134.0 2.1 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.1 3.0 -0.0 -0.2 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 7,678 100.0% 16,388 100.0% 8,710 113.4 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 2,782 36.2% 5,406 33.0% 2,624 94.3 -3.2 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,007 13.1% 2,352 14.4% 1,345 133.6 1.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 6,559 100.0% 14,439 100.0% 7,880 120.1 FEMALE................ 2,466 37.6% 5,993 41.5% 3,527 143.0 3.9 EMPLOYED.............. 6,298 96.0% 13,685 94.8% 7,387 117.3 -1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,237 18.9% 3,172 22.0% 1,935 156.4 3.1 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 687 10.5% 1,449 10.0% 762 110.9 -0.4 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 4,989 100.0% 9,956 100.0% 4,967 99.6 OCCUPIED.............. 4,470 89.6% 9,144 91.8% 4,674 104.6 2.2 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 3,304 73.9% 6,486 70.9% 3,182 96.3 -3.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $80,965 $60,724 -20,241 -25.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 1,166 26.1% 2,658 29.1% 1,492 128.0 3.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $442 $465 23 5.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 3,895 78.1% 7,757 77.9% 3,862 99.2 -0.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 343 6.9% 996 10.0% 653 190.4 3.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1969.8 1975.0 5.2 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