People QuickFacts	La Salle Parish	Louisiana
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	14,927	4,601,893
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	14,890	4,533,372
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.2%	1.5%
 	Population, 2010    	14,890	4,533,372
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.7%	6.9%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.5%	24.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.7%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	48.5%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	85.4%	63.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	12.4%	32.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.1%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	0.2%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	0.8%	1.4%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.4%	4.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	83.4%	60.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.0%	85.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.3%	3.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	2.4%	8.8%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	79.4%	81.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	13.7%	21.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	983	314,677
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	37.8	24.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	6,568	1,978,848
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	84.2%	67.9%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	4.5%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$74,400	$135,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	5,547	1,675,097
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.50	2.60
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$21,962	$23,853
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$42,066	$44,086
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	12.3%	18.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	La Salle Parish	Louisiana
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	306	103,365
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	3,032	1,599,551
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	3.1	0.5
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	788	340,627 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,243	375,808
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.1%	15.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.7%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	4.7%	2.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	27.5%	27.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	0	205,054,723
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	51,415,553
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	116,442	56,543,203
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,321	$12,921
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	7,583	9,729,869
 	Building permits, 2011     	3	12,173

   	Geography QuickFacts	La Salle Parish	Louisiana
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	624.68	43,203.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	23.8	104.9
 	FIPS Code    	059	22
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	None	 

(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