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Louisiana Population
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People QuickFacts |
Louisiana |
| Population, 2005 estimate
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4,523,628 |
| Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
1.2% |
| Population, 2000
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4,468,976 |
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
5.9% |
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2004 |
7.2% |
| Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2004 |
25.8% |
| Persons 65 years old and over,
percent, 2004 |
11.7% |
| Female persons, percent, 2004
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51.4% |
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| White persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
64.1% |
| Black persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
33.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.6% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.0% |
| Persons reporting two or more
races, percent, 2004 |
0.8% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2004 (b) |
2.8% |
| White persons, not Hispanic,
percent, 2004 |
61.8% |
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| Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
59.0% |
| Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000 |
2.6% |
| Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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9.2% |
| High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
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74.8% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
18.7% |
| Persons with a disability,
age 5+, 2000 |
880,047 |
| Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
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25.7 |
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| Housing units, 2004
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1,919,859 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000
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67.9% |
| Housing units in multi-unit
structures, percent, 2000 |
18.7% |
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$85,000 |
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| Households, 2000
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1,656,053 |
| Persons per household, 2000
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2.62 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
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$16,912 |
| Median household income, 2003
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$33,792 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 2003 |
18.1% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Louisiana |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 2003 |
102,2451 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
2003 |
1,603,9221 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
percent change 2000-2003 |
0.7%1 |
| Nonemployer establishments,
2003 |
268,360 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002
($1000) |
89,540,799 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
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41,885,192 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002
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$9,356 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
14.1% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
23.9% |
| Housing units authorized by
building permits, 2004 |
22,989 |
| Federal spending, 2004
($1000) |
32,954,0591 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
Louisiana |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
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43,562 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
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102.6 |
| FIPS Code
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22 |
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