Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Counties AREA: Pointe Coupee Parish GEOCODE:22077 LA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 24,045 100.0% 22,540 100.0% -1,505 -6.3 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 22,374 93.1% 20,408 90.5% -1,966 -8.8 -2.5 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 16 0.1% 270 1.2% 2541587.5 1.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 20,121 83.7% 17,237 76.5% -2,884 -14.3 -7.2 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 13,913 57.9% 13,204 58.6% -709 -5.1 0.7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 9,998 41.6% 9,273 41.1% -725 -7.3 -0.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 76 0.3% 17 0.1% -59 -77.6 -0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 20 0.1% 41 0.2% 21 105.0 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 336 1.4% 172 0.8% -164 -48.8 -0.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 2,034 8.5% 1,750 7.8% -284 -14.0 -0.7 5-17.................. 6,029 25.1% 5,099 22.6% -930 -15.4 -2.5 18-24.................. 2,981 12.4% 2,022 9.0% -959 -32.2 -3.4 25-44.................. 5,885 24.5% 6,649 29.5% 764 13.0 5.0 45-64.................. 4,399 18.3% 4,127 18.3% -272 -6.2 0.0 65 AND OVER............ 2,717 11.3% 2,893 12.8% 176 6.5 1.5 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 8,063 33.5% 6,849 30.4% -1,214 -15.1 -3.1 40 AND OVER............ 8,324 34.6% 8,451 37.5% 127 1.5 2.9 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.5 31.7 4.2 15.3 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $21,400 $18,772 -2,628 -12.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $25,471 $22,942 -2,529 -9.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $8,938 $8,709 -229 -2.6 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,467 27.0% 6,749 30.3% 282 4.4 3.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 7,745 100.0% 7,755 100.0% 10 0.1 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 6,207 80.1% 6,017 77.6% -190 -3.1 -2.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 2,391 30.9% 2,626 33.9% 235 9.8 3.0 MARRIED COUPLES...... 5,144 66.4% 4,652 60.0% -492 -9.6 -6.4 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,874 37.1% 2,281 29.4% -593 -20.6 -7.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 850 11.0% 1,089 14.0% 239 28.1 3.1 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 472 6.1% 572 7.4% 100 21.2 1.3 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 1,440 18.6% 1,635 21.1% 195 13.5 2.5 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.1 2.9 -0.2 -7.4 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 13,001 100.0% 13,669 100.0% 668 5.1 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 3,640 28.0% 4,988 36.5% 1,348 37.0 8.5 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 1,037 8.0% 1,321 9.7% 284 27.4 1.7 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 8,429 100.0% 8,660 100.0% 231 2.7 FEMALE................ 2,966 35.2% 3,525 40.7% 559 18.8 5.5 EMPLOYED.............. 7,699 91.3% 7,650 88.3% -49 -0.6 -3.0 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 1,211 14.4% 1,179 13.6% -32 -2.6 -0.8 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,091 12.9% 1,205 13.9% 114 10.4 1.0 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 8,230 100.0% 9,695 100.0% 1,465 17.8 OCCUPIED.............. 7,703 93.6% 7,736 79.8% 33 0.4 -13.8 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 5,534 71.8% 5,732 74.1% 198 3.6 2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $63,542 $56,502 -7,040 -11.1 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 2,169 28.2% 2,004 25.9% -165 -7.6 -2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $216 $237 21 9.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 6,840 83.1% 7,335 75.7% 495 7.2 -7.5 MOBILE HOMES.......... 951 11.6% 1,844 19.0% 893 93.9 7.5 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1960.0 1970.0 10.0 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