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People QuickFacts | Avoyelles Parish | Louisiana
Population, 2012 estimate | 41,632 | 4,601,893
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 42,073 | 4,533,372
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.0% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 42,073 | 4,533,372
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 6.8% | 6.9%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 24.0% | 24.4%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 14.7% | 12.5%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 49.9% | 51.1%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 67.3% | 63.8%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 29.5% | 32.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.2% | 0.7%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 1.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.6% | 1.4%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 1.6% | 4.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 66.2% | 60.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 85.1% | 85.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 0.8% | 3.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 13.0% | 8.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 70.2% | 81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 9.6% | 21.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,997 | 314,677
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 31.7 | 24.9
Housing units, 2011 | 18,081 | 1,978,848
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 69.4% | 67.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.0% | 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $85,000 | $135,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 15,801 | 1,675,097
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.44 | 2.6
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $17,497 | $23,853
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $32,321 | $44,086
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 23.9% | 18.4%
Business QuickFacts | Avoyelles Parish | Louisiana
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 730 | 103,365
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 8,681 | 1,599,551
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 2.6 | 0.5
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 2,340 | 340,627
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,686 | 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 | F | 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 | S | 27.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 0 | 205,054,723
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 171,288 | 51,415,553
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 310,858 | 56,543,203
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,367 | $12,921
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 174,653 | 9,729,869
Building permits, 2011 | 33 | 12,173
Geography QuickFacts | Avoyelles Parish | Louisiana
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 832.43 | 43,203.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 50.5 | 104.9
FIPS Code | 9 | 22
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical 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