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People QuickFacts | Ascension Parish | Louisiana
Population, 2012 estimate | 112,286 | 4,601,893
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 107,194 | 4,533,372
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 4.8% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 107,215 | 4,533,372
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 7.5% | 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 28.1% | 24.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 9.5% | 12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.7% | 51.1%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 74.6% | 63.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 22.7% | 32.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.4% | 0.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 1.2% | 1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.1% | 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 4.9% | 4.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 70.3% | 59.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.7% | 85.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.9% | 3.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.6% | 8.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 87.4% | 81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 22.8% | 21.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 6,560 | 314,677
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 26.9 | 24.9
Housing units, 2011 | 41,702 | 1,978,848
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 82.4% | 67.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 6.4% | 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $166,800 | $135,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 36,546 | 1,675,097
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.86 | 2.6
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $27,756 | $23,853
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $66,173 | $44,086
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.1% | 18.4%
Business QuickFacts | Ascension Parish | Louisiana
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,986 | 103,216
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 31,087 | 1,617,229
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.4% | 1.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 7,464 | 336,328
Total number of firms, 2007 | 8,540 | 375,808
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 15.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.4% | 2.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.1% | 2.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 31.8% | 27.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 205,054,723
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 664,953 | 51,415,553
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,317,978 | 56,543,203
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,219 | $12,921
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 116,260 | 9,729,869
Building permits, 2012 | 871 | 13,018
Geography QuickFacts | Ascension Parish | Louisiana
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 289.98 | 43,203.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 369.7 | 104.9
FIPS Code | 5 | 22
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area
(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