The ratio of number of residents in La Porte City to the number of sex offenders is 571 to 1. The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is near the state average. Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Waterloo, IA (14.8 miles , pop. 68,747).
1 White adolescents smoked cigarettes at a higher rate than did African-American adolescents in 2009, with 24 percent of white high school seniors reporting that they smoke compared to only nine percent of African-American seniors. Marijuana usage rates were nearly identical among white and African-American adolescents; about 21 percent of high school seniors from both racial/ethnic groups reported usage in 2009.
Rates of inhalant use are traditionally highest among the youngest adolescents (unlike most other drugs); in 2014, 5.3 percent of 8th graders reported using inhalants in the past year, down from 8.1 percent in 2009 and 12.8 percent in 1995, when use peaked.ther sources of information on drug use trends among youth are available: The annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health, conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, gathers detailed data on drug, alcohol, and tobacco use by all age groups.