People Facts La Porte Texas
Population, 2003 estimate 33,263 22,118,509
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 4.3% 6.1%
Population, 2000 31,880 20,851,820
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 14.3% 22.8%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.9% 7.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 29.7% 28.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 6.9% 9.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000 50.4% 50.4%
White persons, percent, 2000 81.4% 71.0%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 6.3% 11.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 0.5% 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 1.1% 2.7%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 8.5% 11.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.2% 2.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 20.5% 32.0%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 53.6% 49.6%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 5.7% 13.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 16.9% 31.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 83.6% 75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 13.2% 23.2%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 24.1 25.4
 
Housing units, 2000 11,720 8,157,575
Homeownership rate, 2000 77.2% 63.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $82,100 $82,500
 
Households, 2000 10,928 7,393,354
Persons per household, 2000 2.90 2.74
Median household income, 1999 $55,810 $39,927
Per capita money income, 1999 $21,178 $19,617
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 7.5% 15.4%
    Business Facts
Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) 144,436 323,111,661
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 212,046 182,516,112
Retail sales per capita, 1997 $6,559 $9,430
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) 19,528 22,698,848
Total number of firms, 1997 1,860 1,525,972
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 21.7% 23.9%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 17.8% 25.0%
    Geography Facts
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 19 261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000 1,683.3 79.6
Counties Harris County