| | People QuickFacts | St. Charles Parish | Louisiana |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 52,681 | 4,601,893 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 52,880 | 4,533,372 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.4% | 1.5% |
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Population, 2010 | 52,780 | 4,533,372 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.8% | 6.9% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 26.5% | 24.4% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 10.2% | 12.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.6% | 51.1% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 70.4% | 63.8% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 26.9% | 32.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 0.7% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.9% | 1.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.3% | 1.4% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 5.1% | 4.4% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 66.0% | 60.1% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 92.8% | 85.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.1% | 3.7% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.1% | 8.8% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 85.4% | 81.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 19.5% | 21.1% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,151 | 314,677 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27.0 | 24.9 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 19,986 | 1,978,848 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 83.3% | 67.9% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.8% | 18.1% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $175,200 | $135,400 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 18,569 | 1,675,097 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.81 | 2.60 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $26,400 | $23,853 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $60,207 | $44,086 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.9% | 18.4% |
| | Business QuickFacts | St. Charles Parish | Louisiana |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 942 | 103,2161 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 20,632 | 1,617,2291 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 3.1% | 1.1%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 4,015 | 340,627 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,404 | 375,808 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 24.3% | 15.9% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.7% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.2% | 2.9% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 36.4% | 27.4% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 27,354,671 | 205,054,723 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,137,737 | 51,415,553 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 389,164 | 56,543,203 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,492 | $12,921 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 40,093 | 9,729,869 |
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Building permits, 2012 | 98 | 13,018 |