Louisiana

2022 population: 4,590,241 ( 56,869 from 2010 , 67,508 from 2020)
Land area: 43210.0 square miles
Population density: 106.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	2,652,879	57.79%	3.0%
Black:	1,477,731	32.19%	2.4%
Indian:	30,004	0.65%	6.8%
Asian:	87,220	1.90%	23.1%
2+ races:	76,170	1.66%	31.9%
Hispanic:	266,237	5.80%	38.3%

Total non-White:	1,937,362	42.21%	7.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	127,830	13.7
Deaths:	127,416	13.7
Net Migration:	-80,278	-8.6
Net Immigration:	11,481	1.2

Change in White population:	-82,005	-1.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	138,874	3.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
4,533,372
2,734,884	60.33%
1,442,420	31.82%
28,092	0.62%
70,871	1.56%
57,766	1.27%
192,560	4.25%
1,798,488	39.67%

2000
4,468,976
2,794,391	62.53%
1,443,390	32.30%
24,129	0.54%
55,332	1.24%
39,260	0.88%
107,738	2.41%
1,674,585	37.47%

1990
4,219,973
2,776,345	65.79%
1,292,557	30.63%
19,083	0.45%
41,379	0.98%
n/a
90,609	2.15%
1,443,628	34.21%

1980
4,205,900
2,841,909	67.57%
1,224,420	29.11%
11,007	0.26%
25,123	0.60%
n/a
99,699	2.37%
1,363,991	32.43%

1970
3,641,306
2,490,907	68.41%
1,067,882	29.33%
5,264	0.14%
4,197	0.12%
n/a
69,678	1.91%
1,150,399	31.59%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
595,844	13.3
382,645	8.6
-318,811	-7.1
33,046	0.7

-59,507	-1.3
123,903	2.8

Number	Rate
1990's
679,965	16.1
394,510	9.3
-155,312	-3.7
28,588	0.7

18,046	0.4
230,957	5.5

Number	Rate
1980's
790,338	18.8
364,677	8.7
-377,401	-9.0
n/a

-65,564	-1.6
79,637	1.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
119,649	3.3
n/a

351,002	9.6
213,592	5.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Louisiana

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.6
1,082,577	23.6%
3,507,664	76.4%
743,243	16.2%

1,765,264
2.56

1,120,745	63.5%
755,959	67.5%
146,296	13.1%
644,519	36.5%

2010
Number	Percent
35.9
1,118,015	24.7%
3,415,357	75.3%
557,857	12.3%

1,728,360
2.55

1,160,118	67.1%
768,198	66.2%
160,689	13.9%
568,242	32.9%

2000
Number	Percent
34.1
1,218,453	27.3%
3,250,523	72.7%
518,097	11.6%

1,657,107
2.61

1,163,191	70.2%
822,374	70.7%
159,979	13.8%
493,916	29.8%

1990
Number	Percent
31.0
1,229,277	29.1%
2,990,696	70.9%
467,433	11.1%

1,498,371
2.74

1,098,374	73.3%
819,320	74.6%
136,643	12.4%
399,997	26.7%

1980
Number	Percent
27.6
1,332,004	31.7%
2,873,896	68.3%
403,115	9.6%

1,413,394
2.91

1,074,479	76.0%
861,567	80.2%
105,838	9.9%
338,915	24.0%

2022 Housing Data for Louisiana

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	129,854	7.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	105,356	6.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	85,341	4.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	92,022	5.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	83,721	4.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	79,379	4.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	70,120	4.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	68,695	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	68,949	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	124,142	7.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	156,165	8.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	202,386	11.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	153,364	8.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	105,115	6.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	120,227	6.8%
$200,000 or more	120,428	6.8%

Median Household Income	57,852
Per Capita Income	32,981

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	129,314	7.3%
Public Assistance	35,241	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	295,470	16.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,776,171	64.0%
Unemployed	130,100	4.7%
In Armed Forces	16,763	0.6%

Total Labor Force	1,923,034	69.3%
Not in Labor Force	853,159	30.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		35.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	736,337	614,788	54.5%
Non-Profit	46,586	95,673	32.7%
Self-Employed	131,649	76,478	63.3%

Local Government	57,598	92,429	38.4%
State Government	44,021	73,532	37.4%
Federal Government	23,175	23,404	49.8%

Total Private + Self	867,986	691,266	55.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	171,380	285,038	37.5%
Total	1,039,366	976,304	51.6%

Pct. Govt.	15.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	280,961	13.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	420,388	20.8%
Professional, Technical	468,138	23.2%
Service Occupations	374,295	18.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	10,100	0.5%
All others	475,417	23.5%

White Collar		57.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	306,602	15.2%
Retail trade	229,124	11.3%
Educational services	197,961	9.8%
Construction	163,095	8.1%
Accommodation and food services	153,659	7.6%
Manufacturing	152,253	7.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	114,394	5.7%
Public administration	110,592	5.5%
Other services	104,569	5.2%
Transportation and warehousing	93,639	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	76,071	3.8%
Finance and insurance	70,646	3.5%
Wholesale trade	50,511	2.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	47,835	2.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	44,380	2.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	32,500	1.6%
Information	28,754	1.4%
Utilities	21,003	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	20,386	1.0%
Management	1,225	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	84,114	1.81%
Puerto Rican	14,194	0.31%
Cuban	11,865	0.26%
Dominican	6,862	0.15%

Total Central American	84,900	1.83%
Costa Rican	1,596	0.03%
Guatemalan	9,281	0.20%
Honduran	53,927	1.16%
Nicaraguan	8,068	0.17%
Panamanian	1,554	0.03%
Salvadoran	8,067	0.17%
Other Central American	2,407	0.05%

Total South American	11,117	0.24%
Argentinean	619	0.01%
Bolivian	479	0.01%
Chilean	535	0.01%
Colombian	3,733	0.08%
Ecuadorian	1,797	0.04%
Paraguayan	57	0.00%
Peruvian	1,542	0.03%
Uruguayan	151	0.00%
Venezuelan	2,033	0.04%
Other South American	171	0.00%

Other Hispanic	42,532	0.92%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	28,621	0.62%
Chinese	12,633	0.27%
Indian	12,540	0.27%
Filipino	8,409	0.18%
Korean	2,908	0.06%
Laotian	2,198	0.05%
Japanese	1,956	0.04%
Cambodian	1,019	0.02%
Thai	965	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,019,828	92.4%
Spanish	160,405	3.7%
French, Haitian, Cajun	71,434	1.6%
Vietnamese	23,093	0.5%
Other Indo-European	21,467	0.5%
Arabic	12,505	0.3%
Chinese	10,095	0.2%
Other Asian	9,286	0.2%
Other	6,309	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
French	456,303	9.8%
American	340,935	7.3%
German	309,738	6.7%
Irish	300,492	6.5%
English	292,875	6.3%
Italian	198,629	4.3%
French Canadian	109,429	2.4%
Cajun	48,740	1.1%
Scottish	45,474	1.0%
European	43,564	0.9%
African	39,823	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	29,483	0.6%
Polish	20,959	0.5%
Dutch	16,722	0.4%
British	15,651	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	4,527,374	97.6%
Not a citizen	113,172	2.4%

Native	4,443,875	95.8%
Foreign-born	196,671	4.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
138,517	4.4%	275,837	8.8%	1,025,458	32.9%	865,765	27.7%	519,481	16.6%	296,088	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	138,517	4.4%
9-12 Years	275,837	8.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,025,458	32.9%
Some College	865,765	27.7%
Bach. Degree	519,481	16.6%
Grad Degree	296,088	9.5%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,866,697	1,750,354	116,343	6.2%
1991	1,904,958	1,767,259	137,699	7.2%
1992	1,924,731	1,773,747	150,984	7.8%
1993	1,909,265	1,767,119	142,146	7.4%
1994	1,951,910	1,802,515	149,395	7.7%
1995	1,963,737	1,829,050	134,687	6.9%
1996	1,989,425	1,860,724	128,701	6.5%
1997	2,007,677	1,889,328	118,349	5.9%
1998	2,029,165	1,916,968	112,197	5.5%
1999	2,025,629	1,925,041	100,588	5.0%

2000	2,026,396	1,921,985	104,411	5.2%
2001	2,027,227	1,913,559	113,668	5.6%
2002	2,013,660	1,892,953	120,707	6.0%
2003	2,024,923	1,897,908	127,015	6.3%
2004	2,030,424	1,914,522	115,902	5.7%
2005	1,491,214	1,389,191	102,023	6.8%
2006	1,507,126	1,447,553	59,573	4.0%
2007	2,026,801	1,943,653	83,148	4.1%
2008	2,064,698	1,968,679	96,019	4.7%
2009	2,067,882	1,927,206	140,676	6.8%

2010	2,084,466	1,927,722	156,744	7.5%
2011	2,080,522	1,926,036	154,486	7.4%
2012	2,089,647	1,948,631	141,016	6.7%
2013	2,101,977	1,966,754	135,223	6.4%
2014	2,141,526	2,007,673	133,853	6.3%
2015	2,150,066	2,015,088	134,978	6.3%
2016	2,123,693	1,994,637	129,056	6.1%
2017	2,108,495	2,000,392	108,103	5.1%
2018	2,114,680	2,012,749	101,931	4.8%
2019	2,119,809	2,021,230	98,579	4.7%

2020	2,076,647	1,905,239	171,408	8.3%
2021	2,073,573	1,958,087	115,486	5.6%
2022	2,088,226	2,011,871	76,355	3.7%
2023	2,076,769	2,000,155	76,614	3.7%

Migration Data for Louisiana

Inflows From (2011-2021)
From State	Number of People
Texas	211,382
Mississippi	69,298
Florida	55,098
California	39,952
Georgia	39,497
Alabama	25,300
Arkansas	24,262
North Carolina	22,942
Tennessee	21,891
Virginia	19,451
New York	18,728
Colorado	14,965
Illinois	14,925
Missouri	12,694
Oklahoma	12,418

Outflows To (2011-2021)
To State	Number of People
Texas	276,325
Mississippi	70,176
Florida	60,314
Georgia	43,793
California	38,944
Arkansas	26,837
Alabama	25,776
Tennessee	24,569
North Carolina	23,035
Virginia	19,877
Colorado	19,413
New York	15,260
Oklahoma	14,756
Missouri	13,418
Washington	13,091

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,080,371
Median Value	$198,300

Occupied	1,765,264	84.9%
Vacant	315,107	15.1%

Owned	1,185,633	67.2%
Rented	579,631	32.8%
Median Rent	$996

Single-Family Units	1,425,560	68.5%
Detached	1,367,631	65.7%
Attached	57,929	2.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	227,206	10.9%
Mobile Homes	259,970	12.5%

Counties in Louisiana

Districts in this state

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Louisiana

2022 Housing Data for Louisiana

2022 Income & Employment Data for Louisiana

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Louisiana

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Louisiana

Historical Labor Force Data for Louisiana

Migration Data for Louisiana

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