Local Demographics

Quick Facts   People QuickFacts Livingston Parish Louisiana Population, 2005 estimate   109,206 4,523,628 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005   19.0% 1.2% Population, 2000   91,814 4,468,976 Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000   30.2% 5.9% Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2004   7.1% 7.2% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2004   26.7% 25.8% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2004   8.5% 11.7% Female persons, percent, 2004   50.3% 51.4%       White persons, percent, 2004  (a) 94.3% 64.1% Black persons, percent, 2004  (a) 4.3% 33.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004  (a) 0.4% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2004  (a) 0.3% 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004  (a) 0.0% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004   0.6% 0.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004  (b) 1.5% 2.8% White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004   93.0% 61.8%       Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000   58.1% 59.0% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000   0.8% 2.6% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000   3.8% 9.2% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000   77.2% 74.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000   11.4% 18.7% Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000   17,384 880,047 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000   33.1 25.7       Housing units, 2004   40,312 1,919,859 Homeownership rate, 2000   83.7% 67.9% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000   3.6% 18.7% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000   $96,100 $85,000       Households, 2000   32,630 1,656,053 Persons per household, 2000   2.8 2.62 Per capita money income, 1999   $16,282 $16,912 Median household income, 2003   $41,932 $33,792 Persons below poverty, percent, 2003   11.9% 18.1%       QuicBusiness kFacts Livingston Parish Louisiana Private nonfarm establishments, 2003   1,382 102,245 Private nonfarm employment, 2003   13,483 1,603,922 Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2003   10.2% 0.7% Nonemployer establishments, 2003   6,777 268,360 Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)   301,000 89,540,799 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)   462,012 41,885,192 Retail sales per capita, 2002   $4,668 $9,356 Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997   2.3% 14.1% Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997   23.1% 23.9% Housing units authorized by building permits, 2004   1,121 22,989 Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)   344,298 32,954,059       Geography QuickFacts Livingston Parish Louisiana Land area, 2000 (square miles)   648 43,562 Persons per square mile, 2000   141.7 102.6 FIPS Code   63 22