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Lafourche Parish Facts

Census Statistics

	Lafourche Parish	Louisiana
Population, 2003 estimate	91,281	4,496,334
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.5%	0.6%
Population, 2000	89,974	4,468,976
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	4.8%	5.9%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.9%	7.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.3%	27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.3%	11.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.2%	51.6%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	82.9%	63.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	12.6%	32.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.3%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	0.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.0%	1.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	1.4%	2.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	82.2%	62.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	66.9%	59.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	1.5%	2.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	21.5%	9.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	66.3%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	12.4%	18.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	18,419	880,047
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	26.8	25.7?
Housing units, 2002	35,722	1,880,122
Homeownership rate, 2000	78.0%	67.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	9.1%	18.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$78,900	$85,000?
Households, 2000	32,057	1,656,053
Persons per household, 2000	2.75	2.62
Median household income, 1999	$34,910	$32,566
Per capita money income, 1999	$15,809	$16,912
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	16.5%	19.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,857	100,780
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	26,189	1,599,482
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	7.9%	0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	5,333	234,114
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	424,172	80,423,978
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	569,976	35,807,894
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$6,459	$8,229
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	11.6%	14.1%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	18.6%	23.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	321	18,425
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	419,058	29,987,664
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,085	43,562
Persons per square mile, 2000	82.9	102.6
Metropolitan Area	Houma, LA MSA	?
FIPS Code	057	22

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