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Claiborne Parish Facts

Census Statistics

	Claiborne Parish	Louisiana
Population, 2003 estimate	16,534	4,496,334
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-1.9%	0.6%
Population, 2000	16,851	4,468,976
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-3.2%	5.9%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.0%	7.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.6%	27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	17.3%	11.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.1%	51.6%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	51.8%	63.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	47.4%	32.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.5%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.8%	2.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	51.5%	62.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	59.9%	59.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.4%	2.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	1.8%	9.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	65.7%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	12.4%	18.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	3,891	880,047
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	25.9	25.7?
Housing units, 2002	7,895	1,880,122
Homeownership rate, 2000	75.8%	67.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	4.6%	18.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$55,400	$85,000?
Households, 2000	6,270	1,656,053
Persons per household, 2000	2.50	2.62
Median household income, 1999	$25,344	$32,566
Per capita money income, 1999	$13,825	$16,912
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	26.5%	19.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	273	100,780
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	2,829	1,599,482
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	2.2%	0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	596	234,114
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	109,481	80,423,978
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	63,710	35,807,894
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$3,746	$8,229
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	17.1%	14.1%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	16.0%	23.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	0	18,425
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	94,385	29,987,664
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	755	43,562
Persons per square mile, 2000	22.3	102.6
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	027	22

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