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People QuickFacts | Calcasieu Parish | Louisiana
Population, 2012 estimate | 194,493 | 4,601,893
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 192,768 | 4,533,372
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.9% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 192,768 | 4,533,372
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 7.0% | 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 25.0% | 24.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 13.2% | 12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.2% | 51.1%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 71.5% | 63.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 25.1% | 32.4%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 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 | 1.7% | 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 2.8% | 4.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 69.2% | 59.9%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 81.3% | 85.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 2.2% | 3.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 7.5% | 8.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 82.8% | 81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 19.1% | 21.1%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 15,016 | 314,677
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 20.1 | 24.9
Housing units, 2011 | 82,976 | 1,978,848
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 71.1% | 67.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.8% | 18.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $116,500 | $135,400
Households, 2007-2011 | 72,061 | 1,675,097
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.59 | 2.6
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,013 | $23,853
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $43,614 | $44,086
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 17.1% | 18.4%
Business QuickFacts | Calcasieu Parish | Louisiana
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 4,212 | 103,216
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 68,049 | 1,617,229
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.5% | 1.1%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 12,071 | 336,328
Total number of firms, 2007 | 13,926 | 375,808
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 12.3% | 15.9%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.8% | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.8% | 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 | 29.1% | 27.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 205,054,723
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,342,893 | 51,415,553
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,775,998 | 56,543,203
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,061 | $12,921
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 878,553 | 9,729,869
Building permits, 2012 | 548 | 13,018
Geography QuickFacts | Calcasieu Parish | Louisiana
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,063.66 | 43,203.90
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 181.2 | 104.9
FIPS Code | 19 | 22
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Lake Charles, 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