Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: La Crosse city GEOCODE:55-1325 WI ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 48,347 100.0% 51,003 100.0% 2,656 5.5 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 33,040 68.3% 33,433 65.6% 393 1.2 -2.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 4,104 8.5% 4,170 8.2% 66 1.6 -0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 47,741 98.7% 47,841 93.8% 100 0.2 -4.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 136 0.3% 370 0.7% 234 172.1 0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 196 0.4% 2,424 4.8% 2,2281136.7 4.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 198 0.4% 311 0.6% 113 57.1 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 335 0.7% 456 0.9% 121 36.1 0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,379 4.9% 3,347 6.6% 968 40.7 1.6 5-17.................. 7,251 15.0% 6,982 13.7% -269 -3.7 -1.3 18-24.................. 12,775 26.4% 11,414 22.4% -1,361 -10.7 -4.0 25-44.................. 10,021 20.7% 13,932 27.3% 3,911 39.0 6.6 45-64.................. 8,559 17.7% 7,351 14.4% -1,208 -14.1 -3.3 65 AND OVER............ 7,362 15.2% 7,977 15.6% 615 8.4 0.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 9,630 19.9% 10,329 20.3% 699 7.3 0.3 40 AND OVER............ 17,684 36.6% 17,968 35.2% 284 1.6 -1.3 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.3 29.2 1.9 7.0 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $22,986 $21,947 -1,039 -4.5 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $31,719 $30,067 -1,652 -5.2 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,046 $10,898 -148 -1.3 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,205 14.0% 9,881 21.0% 3,676 59.2 7.1 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 17,942 100.0% 20,003 100.0% 2,061 11.5 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 10,496 58.5% 10,947 54.7% 451 4.3 -3.8 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 6,037 33.6% 6,255 31.3% 218 3.6 -2.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 8,582 47.8% 8,604 43.0% 22 0.3 -4.8 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,747 20.9% 3,615 18.1% -132 -3.5 -2.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,566 8.7% 1,885 9.4% 319 20.4 0.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 858 4.8% 1,161 5.8% 303 35.3 1.0 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 5,414 30.2% 6,626 33.1% 1,212 22.4 3.0 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.3 -0.1 -5.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 25,942 100.0% 29,260 100.0% 3,318 12.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 9,787 37.7% 9,660 33.0% -127 -1.3 -4.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 4,511 17.4% 6,269 21.4% 1,758 39.0 4.0 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 24,206 100.0% 26,448 100.0% 2,242 9.3 FEMALE................ 11,950 49.4% 13,115 49.6% 1,165 9.7 0.2 EMPLOYED.............. 22,816 94.3% 24,796 93.8% 1,980 8.7 -0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 4,931 20.4% 6,160 23.3% 1,229 24.9 2.9 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 4,912 20.3% 5,138 19.4% 226 4.6 -0.9 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 18,728 100.0% 20,897 100.0% 2,169 11.6 OCCUPIED.............. 18,085 96.6% 19,970 95.6% 1,885 10.4 -1.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 9,861 54.5% 9,897 49.6% 36 0.4 -5.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $75,868 $58,249 -17,619 -23.2 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 8,224 45.5% 10,073 50.4% 1,849 22.5 5.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $349 $344 -5 -1.4 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 11,613 62.0% 11,452 54.8% -161 -1.4 -7.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 70 0.4% 116 0.6% 46 65.7 0.2 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1940.6 1951.0 10.4 0.5 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