People QuickFacts	Lake Charles	Louisiana
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	72,475	4,574,766
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	71,993	4,533,372
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.7%	0.9%
 	Population, 2010    	71,993	4,533,372
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.0%	6.9%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	23.5%	24.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.9%	12.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.7%	51.0% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	47.0%	62.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	47.7%	32.0%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.4%	0.7%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.7%	1.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.1%	1.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.9%	4.2%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	45.6%	60.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	76.6%	85.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.3%	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    	82.6%	81.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	22.5%	21.1%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	5,746	314,677
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	16.9	24.9 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	32,469	1,964,981
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	57.2%	67.9%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	25.3%	18.1%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$117,800	$135,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	28,513	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    	$22,908	$23,853
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$35,996	$44,086
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	22.2%	18.4%

   	Business QuickFacts	Lake Charles	Louisiana
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	6,313	375,808
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	20.8%	15.9%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.7%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.0%	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    	27.0%	27.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	205,054,723
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	411,070	51,415,553
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,507,469	56,543,203
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$21,496	$12,921
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	563,784	9,729,869

   	Geography QuickFacts	Lake Charles	Louisiana
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	42.06	43,203.90
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,711.8	104.9
 	FIPS Code    	41155	22
 	Counties    	Calcasieu 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