People QuickFacts	Broussard	Louisiana
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	8,302	4,574,766
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	8,197	4,533,372
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.3%	0.9%
 	Population, 2010    	8,197	4,533,372
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.3%	6.9%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	26.1%	24.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	9.2%	12.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.2%	51.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	80.0%	62.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	15.9%	32.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.3%	1.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.4%	1.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.7%	4.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	78.6%	60.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.5%	85.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	1.7%	3.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	9.9%	8.8%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	84.6%	81.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	22.6%	21.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	559	314,677
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	22.9	24.9 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	3,351	1,964,981
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	74.4%	67.9%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	13.6%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$164,700	$135,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	3,125	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    	$34,597	$23,853
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$55,668	$44,086
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	15.2%	18.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Broussard	Louisiana
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	950	375,808
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	15.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.7%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	2.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	2.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	13.9%	27.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	517,527	205,054,723
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	708,547	51,415,553
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	96,145	56,543,203
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,570	$12,921
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	12,749	9,729,869

   	Geography QuickFacts	Broussard	Louisiana
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	16.40	43,203.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	499.9	104.9
 	FIPS Code    	10075	22
 	Counties    	Lafayette Parish
 St. Martin Parish
 	

(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