People QuickFacts	Vermilion Parish	Louisiana
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	58,723	4,601,893
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	57,999	4,533,372
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.2%	1.5%
 	Population, 2010    	57,999	4,533,372
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	7.4%	6.9%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	26.6%	24.4%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.0%	12.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.4%	51.1% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	81.6%	63.8%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	14.7%	32.4%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.4%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	2.1%	1.6%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.2%	1.4%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	2.7%	4.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	79.4%	60.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	89.5%	85.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.8%	3.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	21.6%	8.8%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	75.6%	81.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	12.1%	21.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	3,447	314,677
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	28.5	24.9 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	25,513	1,978,848
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	76.8%	67.9%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	4.5%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$94,900	$135,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	21,737	1,675,097
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.62	2.60
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$22,193	$23,853
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$43,349	$44,086
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	17.8%	18.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Vermilion Parish	Louisiana
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2011    	1,034	103,216
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2011    	10,165	1,617,229
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011    	1.1%	1.1%
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	4,227	340,627 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	4,708	375,808
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	7.8%	15.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.7%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	5.8%	2.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.9%	2.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	21.5%	27.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	205,054,723
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	D	51,415,553
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	518,285	56,543,203
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$9,317	$12,921
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	51,097	9,729,869
 	Building permits, 2012    	161	13,018

   	Geography QuickFacts	Vermilion Parish	Louisiana
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	1,173.20	43,203.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	49.4	104.9
 	FIPS Code    	113	22
 	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Abbeville, LA Micro 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