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People QuickFacts | West Baton Rouge Parish | Louisiana
Population, 2013 estimate | 24,573 | 4,625,470
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 23,788 | 4,533,372
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 3.3% | 2.0%
Population, 2010 | 23,788 | 4,533,372
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.7% | 6.7%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 24.1% | 24.1%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 11.8% | 13.3%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 50.7% | 51.1%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 60.1% | 63.5%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 37.9% | 32.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.8%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.5% | 1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.2% | 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 2.7% | 4.7%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 57.9% | 59.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 84.9% | 85.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 1.4% | 3.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 5.1% | 8.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 83.5% | 82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 16.6% | 21.4%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 1,362 | 313,006
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 22.9 | 24.9
Housing units, 2013 | 9,776 | 1,990,835
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 73.3% | 67.4%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 9.5% | 18.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $135,500 | $137,700
Households, 2008-2012 | 8,700 | 1,696,499
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.65 | 2.59
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $24,641 | $24,264
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $50,788 | $44,673
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 14.9% | 18.7%
Business QuickFacts | West Baton Rouge Parish | Louisiana
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 528 | 104,059
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 10,581 | 1,644,282
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 1.2% | 1.7%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 1,649 | 345,755
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,937 | 375,808
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 23.2% | 15.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 2.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.1% | 2.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 32.7% | 27.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 205,054,723
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 602,245 | 51,415,553
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 319,730 | 56,543,203
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $14,125 | $12,921
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 35,180 | 9,729,869
Building permits, 2012 | 172 | 13,018
Geography QuickFacts | West Baton Rouge Parish | Louisiana
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 192.39 | 43,203.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 123.6 | 104.9
FIPS Code | 121 | 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