Lakeport is a city in Gregg County, Texas, United States. The population was 974 at the 2010 census, up from 861 at the 2000 census; in 2020, its population was 976.
Geography
Lakeport is located in southeastern Gregg County. Texas State Highway 149 (Estes Parkway) forms the northeastern border of the city, and leads north to Longview and southeast to Tatum. Texas State Highway 322 passes through the west side of Lakeport, starting at Highway 149 and leading south to Henderson. The city is bordered to the south by East Texas Regional Airport.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Lakeport has a total area of , all land.
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Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Lakeport city, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|389
|295
|style='background: #ffffe6; |227
|45.18%
|30.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23.26%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|413
|515
|style='background: #ffffe6; |491
|47.97%
|52.87%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |50.31%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|5
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.58%
|0.41%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.41%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|2
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17
|0.23%
|0.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.74%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|4
|15
|style='background: #ffffe6; |27
|0.46%
|1.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.77%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|48
|135
|style='background: #ffffe6; |210
|5.57%
|13.86%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21.52%
|-
|Total
|861
|974
|style='background: #ffffe6; |976
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lakeport had a population of 976, with 379 households and 326 families residing in the city. The median age was 40.2 years, with 25.0% of residents under the age of 18 and 15.0% of residents 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 94.2 males age 18 and over.
97.3% of residents lived in urban areas, while 2.7% lived in rural areas.
There were 379 households in Lakeport, of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 44.3% were married-couple households, 20.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 29.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
|-
| White || 255 || 26.1%
|-
| Black or African American || 495 || 50.7%
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 4 || 0.4%
|-
| Asian || 17 || 1.7%
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
|-
| Some other race || 129 || 13.2%
|-
| Two or more races || 76 || 7.8%
|-
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 210 || 21.5%
|}
In 2020, the median household income grew to $61,500 with a mean household income of $70,444.
2000 census
According to the census of 2000, there were 861 people, 352 households, and 255 families residing in the city. adjacent to Lakeport, at the city's southern boundary.
Education
The Longview Independent School District is the relevant school district. Longview High School is the comprehensive high school.
The service area of Kilgore College includes Longview ISD.