People QuickFacts Caddo Parish Louisiana Population, 2012 estimate 257,093 4,601,893 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 254,969 4,533,372 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.8% 1.5% Population, 2010 254,969 4,533,372 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.2% 6.9% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 24.6% 24.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.6% 12.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.5% 51.1%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 49.7% 63.8% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 47.3% 32.4% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.1% 1.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.3% 1.4% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.6% 4.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 47.7% 60.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 84.4% 85.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.0% 3.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.8% 8.8% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 85.2% 81.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 21.9% 21.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 20,476 314,677 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.8 24.9  Housing units, 2011 111,981 1,978,848 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 63.1% 67.9% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 19.4% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $118,400 $135,400 Households, 2007-2011 98,270 1,675,097 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.52 2.60 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,743 $23,853 Median household income, 2007-2011 $39,086 $44,086 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 20.1% 18.4%     Business QuickFacts Caddo Parish Louisiana Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 6,357 103,365 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 106,704 1,599,551 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -1.3 0.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 18,335 340,627  Total number of firms, 2007 21,540 375,808 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 17.0% 15.9% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.6% 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.9% 2.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.2% 2.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.5% 27.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 205,054,723 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,467,350 51,415,553 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 3,706,835 56,543,203 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $14,686 $12,921 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 675,315 9,729,869 Building permits, 2011 293 12,173     Geography QuickFacts Caddo Parish Louisiana Land area in square miles, 2010 878.54 43,203.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 290.2 104.9 FIPS Code 017 22 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area   (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