| |
People
Facts |
Bossier
City |
Louisiana |
|
Population, 2003 estimate
|
58,111 |
4,496,334 |
|
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to
July 1, 2003
|
2.9% |
0.6% |
|
Population, 2000
|
56,461 |
4,468,976 |
|
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000
|
6.3% |
5.9% |
|
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000
|
8.0% |
7.1% |
|
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000
|
28.2% |
27.3% |
|
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000
|
11.0% |
11.6% |
|
Female persons, percent, 2000
|
51.4% |
51.6% |
|
White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
71.4% |
63.9% |
|
Black or African American persons, percent,
2000
(a) |
22.7% |
32.5% |
|
American Indian and Alaska Native persons,
percent, 2000
(a) |
0.6% |
0.6% |
|
Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
1.7% |
1.2% |
|
Persons reporting some other race, percent,
2000
(a) |
1.4% |
0.7% |
|
Persons reporting two or more races, percent,
2000
|
2.0% |
1.1% |
|
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent,
2000
|
4.0% |
2.4% |
|
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5
yrs old & over
|
45.9% |
59.0% |
|
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
|
3.2% |
2.6% |
|
Language other than English spoken at home, pct
age 5+, 2000
|
6.9% |
9.2% |
|
High school graduates, percent of persons age
25+, 2000
|
82.5% |
74.8% |
|
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age
25+, 2000
|
18.2% |
18.7% |
|
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age
16+, 2000
|
18.4 |
25.7 |
| |
|
Housing units, 2000
|
23,026 |
1,847,181 |
|
Homeownership rate, 2000
|
60.0% |
67.9% |
|
Median value of owner-occupied housing units,
2000
|
$80,700 |
$85,000 |
| |
|
Households, 2000
|
21,197 |
1,656,053 |
|
Persons per household, 2000
|
2.58 |
2.62 |
|
Median household income, 1999
|
$36,561 |
$32,566 |
|
Per capita money income, 1999
|
$17,032 |
$16,912 |
|
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999
|
14.8% |
19.6% |
