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Louisiana state QuickFacts

	Louisiana	United States
Total population	4,468,976	281,421,906
State	Louisiana

Louisiana state Population

	Louisiana	%, Louisiana	United States
Male	2,162,903	48.4%	49.06%
Female	2,306,073	51.6%	50.94%
Median age (years)	34.0		35.3

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	Louisiana	%, Louisiana	United States
18 years and over	3,249,177	72.71%	74.31%
21 years and over	3,029,001	67.78%	69.97%
62 years and over	615,399	13.77%	14.66%
65 years and over	516,929	11.57%	12.43%

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	Louisiana	%, Louisiana	United States
White	2,856,161	63.91%	75.14%
Black or African American	1,451,944	32.49%	12.32%
Asian	54,758	1.23%	3.64%
Some other race	57,848	1.29%	5.46%
Two or more races	48,265	1.08%	2.43%

Louisiana state Housing

	Louisiana	%, Louisiana	United States
Total households	1,656,053		105,480,101
Family households (families)	1,156,438	69.83%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	499,615	30.17%	31.94%

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	Louisiana	%, Louisiana	United States
Total housing units	1,847,181		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	191,128	10.35%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	1,656,053	89.65%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	1,125,135	60.91%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	530,918	28.74%	30.77%

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	Louisiana	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	169,223	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	369,252	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	173,997	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	78,622	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	47,645	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	18,778	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	5,955	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	1,338	0.57%
Median (dollars)	85,000	119,600

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	Louisiana	%, Louisiana	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	309,663	18.7%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	446,127	26.94%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	258,185	15.59%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	253,627	15.32%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	194,288	11.73%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	194,163	11.72%	9.65%

Louisiana state Education

	Louisiana	%, Louisiana	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,271,299		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	89,597	7.05%	6.47%
Kindergarten	69,264	5.45%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	571,548	44.96%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	282,890	22.25%	21.38%
College or graduate school	258,000	20.29%	22.81%

Louisiana state Economy

	Louisiana	%, Louisiana	United States
Population 16 years and over	3,394,546		217,168,077
In labor force	2,016,114	59.39%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,997,995	58.86%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,851,777	54.55%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	146,218	4.31%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	18,119	0.53%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,378,432	40.61%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,782,645	52.51%	51.66%
In labor force	948,816	27.95%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	945,838	27.86%	29.65%
- - Employed	873,516	25.73%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	353,949	10.43%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	209,119		12,787,501

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	Louisiana	%, Louisiana	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,657,107		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	258,086	15.57%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	141,930	8.56%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	248,488	15.0%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	223,409	13.48%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	260,622	15.73%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	274,550	16.57%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	126,752	7.65%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	80,237	4.84%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	19,502	1.18%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	23,531	1.42%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	32,566		41,994

	Louisiana	%, Louisiana	United States
With earnings	1,294,222	38.13%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	45,923		56,604
With Social Security income	418,017	12.31%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,041		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	101,442	2.99%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,879		6,320
With public assistance income	54,646	1.61%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,985		3,032
With retirement income	244,481	7.2%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,063		17,376

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