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ThedemographicmixofsurveyrespondentscloselymatchedtheĭźƷǤ͸ƭpopulation <br />demographics. <br />AgeRange%ofSurveyParticipants <br />1824years2.8% <br />2534years10.4% <br />3544years21.0% <br />4554years31.6% <br />5564years20.2% <br />65+years14.0% <br />EconomicDevelopmentQuestions <br />Tokickofftheeconomicdevelopmentportionofthesurvey,Avalanchewantedto <br />understandlocalƩĻƭźķĻƓƷƭ͸definitionofͻǞŷğƷcountsasƭǒĭĭĻƭƭͪͼineconomic <br />development.84%ofthemsaidthattheyagreewiththefollowingdefinition: <br />ͻ9ƓŷğƓĭĻķprosperityandqualityoflifeforLatƚƩƷĻ͸ƭresidentsandĬǒƭźƓĻƭƭĻƭ͵ͼ <br />Next,weaskedrespondentstoratetheirsatisfactionlevelonavarietyofeconomic <br />developmenttopics,fromeducationtoqualityoflifetocitygovernment.Participantsscored <br />eachtopiconascaleof1(notsatisfied)to4(verysatisfied).Tohighlightafewofthe <br />findings: <br />AmajorityofrespondentswereeitherͻƭğƷźƭŅźĻķͼorͻǝĻƩǤƭğƷźƭŅźĻķͼwiththefollowing <br />topics: <br />Publicsafety(75.9%) <br />Costofliving(75.8%) <br />Highereducationopportunitiesinthearea(62.8%) <br />Publiceducation(54.5%) <br />Incontrast,amajorityofrespondentsindicatedthattheywereͻƓƚƷƭğƷźƭŅźĻķͼwiththe <br />following: <br />Retailshoppingandrestaurants(67.1%) <br />Downtowndevelopment(63.4%) <br />/źƷǤ͸ƭappearance(60.7%) <br />Entertainmentandrecreation(60.0%) <br />Artsandculture(56.3%) <br />ExternalperceptionofLaPorte(54.1%) <br />Transportationaccess(44.1%) <br />Ontheremainingtopics,mostrespondentsfeltneutralontheavailabilityofvolunteer <br />opportunitiesandlocalcooperation/sharedvision. <br />25 <br />| <br />City of La Porte, Texas - Economic & Demographic Assessment January 2009 <br /> <br />