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Washington Parish Facts

Census Statistics

	Washington Parish	Louisiana
Population, 2003 estimate	43,947	4,496,334
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	Z	0.6%
Population, 2000	43,926	4,468,976
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	1.7%	5.9%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.2%	7.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.8%	27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	14.3%	11.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.2%	51.6%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	67.4%	63.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	31.5%	32.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	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	66.9%	62.5%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	64.3%	59.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	0.4%	2.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	2.4%	9.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	68.2%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	10.9%	18.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	10,994	880,047
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	32.6	25.7?
Housing units, 2002	19,347	1,880,122
Homeownership rate, 2000	76.4%	67.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	5.7%	18.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$54,200	$85,000?
Households, 2000	16,467	1,656,053
Persons per household, 2000	2.56	2.62
Median household income, 1999	$24,264	$32,566
Per capita money income, 1999	$12,915	$16,912
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	24.7%	19.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	701	100,780
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	7,841	1,599,482
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-5.7%	0.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,996	234,114
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	466,280	80,423,978
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	241,180	35,807,894
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$5,587	$8,229
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	14.1%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	17.3%	23.9%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	164	18,425
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	309,946	29,987,664
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	670	43,562
Persons per square mile, 2000	65.6	102.6
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	117	22

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