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People QuickFacts | Ruston | Louisiana
Population, 2012 estimate | 21,953 | 4,601,893
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 21,877 | 4,533,372
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.3% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 21,859 | 4,533,372
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.1% | 6.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 19.1% | 24.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 10.5% | 12.3%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 50.7% | 51.0%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 52.3% | 62.6%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 42.0% | 32.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.2% | 1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.2% | 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 2.3% | 4.2%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 51.3% | 60.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 67.6% | 85.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.9% | 3.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 5.4% | 8.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.6% | 81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 42.6% | 21.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,029 | 314,677
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 15 | 24.9
Housing units, 2010 | 9,275 | 1,964,981
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 41.0% | 67.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 39.5% | 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $131,000 | $135,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 7,744 | 1,675,097
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.45 | 2.6
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $17,113 | $23,853
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $28,782 | $44,086
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 34.9% | 18.4%
Business QuickFacts | Ruston | Louisiana
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,097 | 375,808
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 15.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.3% | 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 | 23.4% | 27.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |  | 205,054,723
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 124,051 | 51,415,553
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 493,843 | 56,543,203
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $23,629 | $12,921
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 63,549 | 9,729,869
Geography QuickFacts | Ruston | Louisiana
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 20.85 | 43,203.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,048.5 | 104.9
FIPS Code | 66655 | 22
Counties | Lincoln 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