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People QuickFacts |
Acadia Parish |
Louisiana |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
60,070 | 4,410,796 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
2.0% | -1.3% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
58,869 | 4,468,968 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
7.8% | 7.0% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
27.5% | 25.1% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
12.6% | 12.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2008 |
51.5% | 51.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
80.0% | 64.8% |
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
18.9% | 32.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.2% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.3% | 1.4% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 |
0.7% | 1.1% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
1.2% | 3.4% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
78.9% | 61.9% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
64.3% | 59.0% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
0.4% | 2.6% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
20.0% | 9.2% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
64.7% | 74.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
9.4% | 18.7% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
12,962 | 880,047 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
29.9 | 25.7 |
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Housing units, 2008 |
24,945 | 1,883,167 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
72.2% | 67.9% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
7.9% | 18.7% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$61,700 | $85,000 |
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Households, 2000 |
21,142 | 1,656,053 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.74 | 2.62 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$33,098 | $40,866 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$13,424 | $16,912 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
23.5% | 18.8% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Acadia Parish |
Louisiana |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 |
1,104 | 104,6221 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2007 |
12,650 | 1,646,1511 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 |
6.3% | 3.4%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2007 |
3,684 | 302,715 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
3,866 | 328,756 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 12.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.8% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 2.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | S |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 2.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
29.4% | 26.4% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
278,353 | 89,540,799 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 47,192,153 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
381,589 | 41,885,192 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$6,452 | $9,356 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
23,399 | 7,411,702 |
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Building permits, 2008 |
100 | 16,305 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
417,241 | 44,496,1841 |
