People QuickFacts	St. Tammany Parish	Louisiana
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	239,453	4,601,893
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	233,737	4,533,372
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	2.4%	1.5%
 	Population, 2010    	233,740	4,533,372
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.3%	6.9%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	25.3%	24.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.1%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.3%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	84.5%	63.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	12.0%	32.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.5%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	1.4%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.6%	1.4%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	4.9%	4.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	80.1%	60.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.2%	85.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.4%	3.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	6.2%	8.8%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	88.4%	81.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	29.8%	21.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	21,055	314,677
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	31.6	24.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	95,734	1,978,848
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	79.4%	67.9%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	11.2%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$201,700	$135,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	86,374	1,675,097
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.65	2.60
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$30,133	$23,853
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$61,442	$44,086
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	10.1%	18.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	St. Tammany Parish	Louisiana
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	5,869	103,216
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	68,857	1,617,229
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	2.5%	1.1%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	21,886	340,627 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	23,681	375,808
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.9%	15.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.7%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.8%	2.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.2%	2.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	26.2%	27.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	436,331	205,054,723
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,363,173	51,415,553
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	3,481,120	56,543,203
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$15,382	$12,921
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	370,687	9,729,869
 	Building permits, 2012    	942	13,018

   	Geography QuickFacts	St. Tammany Parish	Louisiana
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	845.55	43,203.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	276.4	104.9
 	FIPS Code    	103	22
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, 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