La Salle Parish, LA Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff



People QuickFactsLa Salle ParishLouisiana
Population, 2005 estimate 14,0404,523,628
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.7%1.2%
Population, 2000 14,2824,468,976
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 6.2%7.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 24.0%25.4%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 14.6%11.8%
Female persons, percent, 2005 49.6%51.4%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)86.5%64.1%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)12.2%33.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.7%0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.2%1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.0%0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 0.3%0.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)0.9%2.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 85.6%61.6%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 60.7%59.0%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 0.6%2.6%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 3.9%9.2%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 68.5%74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 11.2%18.7%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 2,943880,047
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 36.325.7
Housing units, 2005 6,4501,940,399
Homeownership rate, 2000 83.3%67.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 3.8%18.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $53,200$85,000
Households, 2000 5,2911,656,053
Persons per household, 2000 2.522.62
Median household income, 2003 $30,470$33,792
Per capita money income, 1999 $14,033$16,912
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 17.3%18.1%
Business QuickFactsLa Salle ParishLouisiana
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 299103,0672
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 2,4101,623,6802
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 -18.1%2.0%2
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 878273,1541
Total number of firms, 2002 1,074328,756
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.8%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA2.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NANA
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA2.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 NA26.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) NA89,540,799
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D47,192,153
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 84,07941,885,192
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $5,901$9,356
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) D7,411,702
Building permits, 2005 222,811
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 86,89332,954,0592
Geography QuickFactsLa Salle ParishLouisiana
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 62343,561
Persons per square mile, 2000 22.9102.6
FIPS Code 05922
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None

1: The 2004 Nonemployer totals may be low due to late tax reporting in hurricane-impacted counties/regions in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
2: Includes data not distributed by county.


(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 U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:04:50 EST
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