La Porte, Texas demographics

La Porte, TX demographics: median age 37.2; 17.6% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · La Porte city, Texas · Incorporated city · GEOID 4841440. The survey estimates a population of 36,730 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in La Porte is 37.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.3 years. There are 13,329 households (±466). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	37.2 ±2.3	35.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 36,730
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Under 18	9,312 ±970	25.4% ±2.6 pp	25.0%	22.0%
18–34	8,051 ±795	21.9% ±2.2 pp	24.2%	22.8%
35–64	13,846 ±985	37.7% ±2.7 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	5,521 ±578	15.0% ±1.6 pp	13.4%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 36,730
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Male	18,121 ±638	49.3% ±1.7 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	18,609 ±644	50.7% ±1.8 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 36,730
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
White alone	19,819 ±1,380	54.0% ±3.8 pp	48.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	2,438 ±854	6.6% ±2.3 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	425 ±380 · low precision	1.2% ±1.0 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.9%
Asian alone	665 ±425 · low precision	1.8% ±1.2 pp · low precision	5.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	0 ±31 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	3,716 ±898	10.1% ±2.4 pp	9.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	9,667 ±1,383	26.3% ±3.8 pp	23.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 36,730
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	21,321 ±1,356	58.0% ±3.7 pp	60.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15,409 ±1,357	42.0% ±3.7 pp	39.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 13,329
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Married-couple family	6,618 ±478	49.7% ±3.1 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	748 ±265	5.6% ±2.0 pp	5.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	2,131 ±379	16.0% ±2.8 pp	13.4%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	3,319 ±520	24.9% ±3.8 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	513 ±238	3.8% ±1.8 pp	6.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 13,329
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	4,875 ±401	36.6% ±2.7 pp	34.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	8,454 ±732	63.4% ±5.0 pp	65.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 13,329
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	3,319 ±520	24.9% ±3.8 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Two-person households	3,948 ±508	29.6% ±3.7 pp	31.4%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,613 ±466	19.6% ±3.4 pp	16.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,064 ±330	15.5% ±2.4 pp	14.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	947 ±254	7.1% ±1.9 pp	7.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	260 ±137 · low precision	2.0% ±1.0 pp · low precision	2.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	178 ±101 · low precision	1.3% ±0.8 pp · low precision	1.7%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 36,730
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Native	32,467 ±894	88.4% ±2.4 pp	82.4%	85.9%
Foreign born	4,263 ±893	11.6% ±2.4 pp	17.6%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 34,270
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
English only	25,925 ±1,169	75.6% ±3.0 pp	64.9%	77.7%
Spanish	7,513 ±929	21.9% ±2.7 pp	28.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	64 ±75 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	30 ±48 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	79 ±93 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	268 ±355 · low precision	0.8% ±1.0 pp · low precision	1.7%	2.0%
Korean	79 ±90 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	96 ±84 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	110 ±144 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	12 ±17 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	15 ±19 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	0 ±31 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	79 ±124 · low precision	0.2% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 24,245
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	2,796 ±448	11.5% ±1.8 pp	14.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	7,662 ±776	31.6% ±3.0 pp	24.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	7,009 ±699	28.9% ±2.7 pp	20.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,522 ±526	10.4% ±2.1 pp	7.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	2,746 ±440	11.3% ±1.8 pp	21.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,510 ±343	6.2% ±1.4 pp	12.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 36,219
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Same house	32,198 ±1,124	88.9% ±3.0 pp	86.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,642 ±863	7.3% ±2.4 pp	7.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	774 ±329	2.1% ±0.9 pp	3.9%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	527 ±464 · low precision	1.5% ±1.3 pp · low precision	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	78 ±78 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

14.9% of La Porte residents (±2.3 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 17.1% in Texas and 8.4% nationally. 91.7% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	La Porte	Texas	U.S.	Compared with Texas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	14.9% ±2.3 pp	17.1%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.7% ±4.5 pp	91.4%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.8% ±1.0 pp	6.2%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for La Porte . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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