People QuickFacts	Louisiana	USA
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	4,601,893	313,914,040
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	4,533,372	308,747,508
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.5%	1.7%
 	Population, 2010    	4,533,372	308,745,538
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.9%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	24.4%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	12.5%	13.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.1%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	63.8%	78.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	32.4%	13.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.7%	1.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.6%	5.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.4%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	4.4%	16.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	60.1%	63.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	85.1%	84.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.7%	12.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	8.8%	20.3%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	81.6%	85.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	21.1%	28.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	314,677	22,215,303
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	24.9	25.4 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	1,978,848	132,312,404
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	67.9%	66.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	18.1%	25.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$135,400	$186,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	1,675,097	114,761,359
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.60	2.60
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$23,853	$27,915
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$44,086	$52,762
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	18.4%	14.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Louisiana	USA
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	103,365	7,396,628
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	1,599,551	111,970,095
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	0.5	-1.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	340,627	22,110,628 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	375,808	27,092,908
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	15.9%	7.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.7%	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.8%	5.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.0%	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.9%	8.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	27.4%	28.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	205,054,723	5,319,456,312
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	51,415,553	4,174,286,516
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	56,543,203	3,917,663,456
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,921	$12,990
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	9,729,869	613,795,732
 	Building permits, 2011     	12,173	624,061

   	Geography QuickFacts	Louisiana	USA
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	43,203.90	3,531,905.43
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	104.9	87.4
 	FIPS Code    	22	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts