People Facts	Louisiana	USA
	Population, 2006 estimate	4,287,768	299,398,484
	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006	-4.1%	6.4%
	Population, 2000	4,468,976	281,421,906
	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005	7.1%	6.8%
	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005	25.4%	24.8%
	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005	11.8%	12.4%
	Female persons, percent, 2005	51.4%	50.7%
	White persons, percent, 2005 (a)	64.1%	80.2%
	Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)	33.1%	12.8%
	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)	0.6%	1.0%
	Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)	1.4%	4.3%
	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005	0.8%	1.5%
	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)	2.8%	14.4%
	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005	61.6%	66.9%
	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over	59.0%	54.1%
	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.6%	11.1%
	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	9.2%	17.9%
	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	74.8%	80.4%
	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	18.7%	24.4%
	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	880,047	49,746,248
	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	25.7	25.5
	Housing units, 2005	1,940,399	124,521,886
	Homeownership rate, 2000	67.9%	66.2%
	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	18.7%	26.4%
	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$85,000	$119,600
	Households, 2000	1,656,053	105,480,101
	Persons per household, 2000	2.62	2.59
	Median household income, 2004	$35,216	$44,334
	Per capita money income, 1999	$16,912	$21,587
	Persons below poverty, percent, 2004	19.2%	12.7%

	Business Facts
	Private nonfarm establishments, 2005	102,7902	7,499,702
	Private nonfarm employment, 2005	1,617,5072	116,317,003
	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005	1.6%2	2.0%
	Nonemployer establishments, 2004	273,1541	19,523,741
	Total number of firms, 2002	328,756	22,974,655
	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002	12.2%	5.2%
	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002	0.8%	0.9%
	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002	2.5%	4.8%
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002	S	0.1%
	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002	2.3%	6.8%
	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002	26.4%	28.2%
	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)	89,540,799	3,916,136,712
	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)	47,192,153	4,634,755,112
	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)	41,885,192	3,056,421,997
	Retail sales per capita, 2002	$9,356	$10,615
	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)	7,411,702	449,498,718
	Building permits, 2006	28,671	1,838,903
	Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)	32,954,0592	2,143,781,7273

	Geography Facts
	Land area, 2000 (square miles)	43,561.85	3,537,438.44
	Persons per square mile, 2000	102.6	79.6

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