Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report STATES AND U.S. TOTALS AREA: Louisiana GEOCODE:22 ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 4,205,900 100.0% 4,219,973 100.0% 14,073 0.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 3,721,335 88.5% 3,646,262 86.4% -75,073 -2.0 -2.1 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 96,375 2.3% 112,452 2.7% 16,077 16.7 0.4 IN RURAL AREAS........ 1,318,499 31.3% 1,347,935 31.9% 29,436 2.2 0.6 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 2,915,310 69.3% 2,840,018 67.3% -75,292 -2.6 -2.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 1,238,472 29.4% 1,298,662 30.8% 60,190 4.9 1.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 25,123 0.6% 39,675 0.9% 14,552 57.9 0.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 12,932 0.3% 20,075 0.5% 7,143 55.2 0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 99,699 2.4% 90,609 2.1% -9,090 -9.1 -0.2 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 360,395 8.6% 333,620 7.9% -26,775 -7.4 -0.7 5-17.................. 971,609 23.1% 895,657 21.2% -75,952 -7.8 -1.9 18-24.................. 592,415 14.1% 453,702 10.8% -138713 -23.4 -3.3 25-44.................. 1,133,056 26.9% 1,316,892 31.2% 183,836 16.2 4.3 45-64.................. 745,310 17.7% 752,669 17.8% 7,359 1.0 0.1 65 AND OVER............ 403,115 9.6% 467,433 11.1% 64,318 16.0 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 1,332,004 31.7% 1,229,277 29.1% -102727 -7.7 -2.5 40 AND OVER............ 1,373,104 32.6% 1,501,877 35.6% 128,773 9.4 2.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.4 31.1 3.7 13.5 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $26,008 $21,949 -4,059 -15.6 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $30,894 $26,313 -4,581 -14.8 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $10,982 $10,635 -347 -3.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 764,848 18.6% 967,002 23.6% 202,154 26.4 4.9 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 1,413,394 100.0% 1,498,371 100.0% 84,977 6.0 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 1,074,479 76.0% 1,098,374 73.3% 23,895 2.2 -2.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 526,111 37.2% 546,889 36.5% 20,778 3.9 -0.7 MARRIED COUPLES...... 861,567 61.0% 819,320 54.7% -42,247 -4.9 -6.3 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 473,103 33.5% 414,801 27.7% -58,302 -12.3 -5.8 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 174,754 12.4% 229,869 15.3% 55,115 31.5 3.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 105,838 7.5% 136,643 9.1% 30,805 29.1 1.6 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 299,957 21.2% 351,609 23.5% 51,652 17.2 2.2 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.9 2.7 -0.2 -5.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 2,281,481 100.0% 2,536,994 100.0% 255,513 11.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 705,808 30.9% 803,328 31.7% 97,520 13.8 0.7 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 317,223 13.9% 409,123 16.1% 91,900 29.0 2.2 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 1,744,102 100.0% 1,816,917 100.0% 72,815 4.2 FEMALE................ 702,630 40.3% 824,508 45.4% 121,878 17.3 5.1 EMPLOYED.............. 1,639,394 94.0% 1,641,614 90.4% 2,220 0.1 -3.6 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 340,936 19.5% 401,064 22.1% 60,128 17.6 2.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 218,816 12.5% 233,822 12.9% 15,006 6.9 0.3 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 1,537,183 100.0% 1,716,241 100.0% 179,058 11.6 OCCUPIED.............. 1,411,788 91.8% 1,499,269 87.4% 87,481 6.2 -4.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 925,168 65.5% 988,012 65.9% 62,844 6.8 0.4 AVERAGE VALUE....... $78,828 $66,889 -11,939 -15.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 486,620 34.5% 511,257 34.1% 24,637 5.1 -0.4 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $339 $352 13 3.7 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 1,106,281 72.0% 1,163,418 67.8% 57,137 5.2 -4.2 MOBILE HOMES.......... 107,916 7.0% 193,813 11.3% 85,897 79.6 4.3 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1961.0 1969.0 8.0 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