Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL › Part I - General Administration › Subpart 5 - Health Planning › Chapter 103 - Overview of the State › Subchapter B - Population Description › Section I-10305 - Population

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The final
					 population census of Louisiana as of April 1, 1980, was 4,205,991. This
					 represents an increase of 561,334 or 15.4 percent over 1970 census figures.
					 Population growth in the state was faster than expected and exceeded
					 projections for the decade prepared in 1976 by the Division of Business and
					 Economic Research at the University of New Orleans. In this earlier report, the
					 Louisiana population projection for the year 2000 was 4,632,220. Revised
					 projections will undoubtedly increase the year 2000 projection to nearly
					 5,500,000.
B. Louisiana's estimated
					 population for 1985 is 4,527,545 as released by Vincent Maruggi and Paul Fletes
					 of the University of New Orleans, in Population Projections for 1985.
					 Population and its distribution are vital components of health planning since
					 so many health service need indicators are based on average utilization
					 patterns and prevalence rates which have been noted in defined segments of the
					 general population. A great many of the health planning concepts presented in
					 this document fall into the category of population-based planning. The 1985
					 population distribution as presented in Table 3.1 is the source of all planning
					 projections which appear in this document, except where otherwise stated.
Table 3.1
Louisiana Population 1980, Percent Change
								  from 1970 and 1990 Projections
1990 Projections
1980
1970
Percent Change from 1970-1980
Louisiana
4,849,038
4,205,971
3,644,637
15.4%
Planning Districts
1. New Orleans
1,331,661
1,171,436
1,008,110
16.2%
2. Capital
721,062
591,384
466,731
26.7%
3. Bayou
331,025
284,708
237,740
19.8%
4. Acadiana
547,825
476,339
469,721
1.4%
5. Southwest
293,849
259,809
226,845
14.5%
6. Cenla
393,875
356,241
287,305
24.0%
7. Northwest
530,544
471,632
488,695
-3.6%
8. Northeast
392,339
358,578
288,043
24.5%
9. Northshore
306,858
235,774
171,447
37.5%
Source: Population Projections for 1985 and
								  1990:
Vincent Maruggi and Paul Fletes
UNO - June 1983
C. In the decade from 1970 to 1980, the
					 greatest population growth in the state occurred in the Northshore Health
					 Planning District which grew in population by 37.5 percent. This district is
					 composed of St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington Parishes. The next largest
					 increase occurred in the Capital Planning District which grew by 26.7 percent.
					 The Acadiana District experienced the smallest increase in population of 1.4
					 percent. However, the Northwest District experienced a net loss in population
					 of 3.6 percent, in part, a result of Lincoln parish being moved from the
					 Northwest District into the Northeast District.
1. Projections for 1990 indicate the 1980 to
					 1990 decade will experience a similar growth in population as experienced in
					 the previous decade (Population Projections to the year 2000). Projections
					 indicate a 15.3 percent overall increase in the state's population. The
					 Northshore district is projected to have the largest growth in population, a 30
					 percent increase, followed by a 22 percent increase in the Capital district.
					 The Northwest district, which experienced a loss in population in the 1970-1980
					 decade, is projected to have a 12.5 percent growth in population. The Northeast
					 district is projected to experience the smallest increase in population (9.4
					 percent).