Louisiana QuickFacts

People QuickFacts

Louisiana

USA

Population, 2005 estimate

4,523,628

296,410,404

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005

1.2%

5.3%

Population, 2000

4,468,976

281,421,906

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

5.9%

13.1%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2004

7.2%

6.8%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2004

25.8%

25.0%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2004

11.7%

12.4%

Female persons, percent, 2004

51.4%

50.8%

White persons, percent, 2004 (a)

64.1%

80.4%

Black persons, percent, 2004 (a)

33.0%

12.8%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 (a)

0.6%

1.0%

Asian persons, percent, 2004 (a)

1.4%

4.2%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a)

0.0%

0.2%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004

0.8%

1.5%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 (b)

2.8%

14.1%

White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004

61.8%

67.4%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000

59.0%

54.1%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000

2.6%

11.1%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000

9.2%

17.9%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000

74.8%

80.4%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000

18.7%

24.4%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000

880,047

49,746,248

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000

25.7

25.5

Housing units, 2004

1,919,859

122,671,734

Homeownership rate, 2000

67.9%

66.2%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000

18.7%

26.4%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$85,000

$119,600

Households, 2000

1,656,053

105,480,101

Persons per household, 2000

2.62

2.59

Per capita money income, 1999

$16,912

$21,587

Median household income, 2003

$33,792

$43,318

Persons below poverty, percent, 2003

18.1%

12.5%

Business QuickFacts

Louisiana

USA

Private nonfarm establishments, 2003

102,2451

7,254,745

Private nonfarm employment, 2003

1,603,9221

113,398,043

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2003

0.7%1

-0.6%

Nonemployer establishments, 2003

268,360

18,649,114

Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)

89,540,799

3,916,136,712

Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)

41,885,192

3,056,421,997

Retail sales per capita, 2002

$9,356

$10,615

Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

14.1%

14.6%

Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

23.9%

26.0%

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2004

22,989

2,070,077

Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)

32,954,0591

2,143,781,7272

Geography QuickFacts

Louisiana

USA

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

43,562

3,537,438

Persons per square mile, 2000

102.6

79.6

FIPS Code

22