People QuickFacts Covington Louisiana Population, 2012 estimate 9,058 4,601,893 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 8,774 4,533,372 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 3.2% 1.5% Population, 2010 8,765 4,533,372 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.3% 6.9% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 23.9% 24.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 15.0% 12.3% Female persons, percent, 2010 53.4% 51.0%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 77.8% 62.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 19.0% 32.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 0.7% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.6% 1.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.3% 1.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 3.7% 4.2% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 75.2% 60.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.4% 85.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.5% 3.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 5.1% 8.8% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.9% 81.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 37.6% 21.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 674 314,677 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.9 24.9  Housing units, 2010 4,048 1,964,981 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 63.9% 67.9% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 16.3% 18.1% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $197,200 $135,400 Households, 2007-2011 3,673 1,675,097 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.39 2.60 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $29,937 $23,853 Median household income, 2007-2011 $48,088 $44,086 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.4% 18.4%     Business QuickFacts Covington Louisiana Total number of firms, 2007 1,933 375,808 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 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 S 2.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 30.0% 27.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 205,054,723 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,424,980 51,415,553 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 426,294 56,543,203 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $46,804 $12,921 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 47,785 9,729,869     Geography QuickFacts Covington Louisiana Land area in square miles, 2010 7.98 43,203.90 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,098.6 104.9 FIPS Code 18125 22 Counties St. Tammany 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