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DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data
Geographic Area: Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf1u.htm.

Subject	Number	Percent

Total population	89,974	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	43,877	48.8
Female	46,097	51.2

Under 5 years	6,197	6.9
5 to 9 years	6,808	7.6
10 to 14 years	7,118	7.9
15 to 19 years	7,630	8.5
20 to 24 years	6,254	7.0
25 to 34 years	12,333	13.7
35 to 44 years	14,360	16.0
45 to 54 years	11,390	12.7
55 to 59 years	4,244	4.7
60 to 64 years	3,497	3.9
65 to 74 years	5,784	6.4
75 to 84 years	3,338	3.7
85 years and over	1,021	1.1

Median age (years)	34.1	(X)

18 years and over	65,421	72.7
Male	31,230	34.7
Female	34,191	38.0
21 years and over	60,823	67.6
62 years and over	12,129	13.5
65 years and over	10,143	11.3
Male	4,290	4.8
Female	5,853	6.5

RACE
One race	89,097	99.0
White	74,544	82.9
Black or African American	11,349	12.6
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,066	2.3
Asian	599	0.7
Asian Indian	54	0.1
Chinese	60	0.1
Filipino	37	0.0
Japanese	9	0.0
Korean	14	0.0
Vietnamese	383	0.4
Other Asian ¹	42	0.0
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	21	0.0
Native Hawaiian	10	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	5	0.0
Samoan	6	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	0	0.0
Some other race	518	0.6
Two or more races	877	1.0

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	75,316	83.7
Black or African American	11,548	12.8
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,622	2.9
Asian	704	0.8
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	53	0.1
Some other race	689	0.8

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	89,974	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	1,284	1.4
Mexican	696	0.8
Puerto Rican	49	0.1
Cuban	45	0.1
Other Hispanic or Latino	494	0.5
Not Hispanic or Latino	88,690	98.6
White alone	73,937	82.2

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	89,974	100.0
In households	88,258	98.1
Householder	32,057	35.6
Spouse	18,945	21.1
Child	29,007	32.2
Own child under 18 years	21,753	24.2
Other relatives	4,748	5.3
Under 18 years	2,335	2.6
Nonrelatives	3,501	3.9
Unmarried partner	1,896	2.1
In group quarters	1,716	1.9
Institutionalized population	802	0.9
Noninstitutionalized population	914	1.0

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	32,057	100.0
Family households (families)	24,296	75.8
With own children under 18 years	12,123	37.8
Married-couple family	18,945	59.1
With own children under 18 years	9,035	28.2
Female householder, no husband present	3,981	12.4
With own children under 18 years	2,320	7.2
Nonfamily households	7,761	24.2
Householder living alone	6,277	19.6
Householder 65 years and over	2,513	7.8

Households with individuals under 18 years	13,432	41.9
Households with individuals 65 years and over	7,067	22.0

Average household size	2.75	(X)
Average family size	3.17	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	35,045	100.0
Occupied housing units	32,057	91.5
Vacant housing units	2,988	8.5
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	923	2.6

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.9	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	8.0	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	32,057	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	24,998	78.0
Renter-occupied housing units	7,059	22.0

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.82	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.52	(X)

Subject	Number	Percent

(X) Not applicable
¹ Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
² Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
³ In combination with one or more other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1, Matrices P1, P3, P4, P8, P9, P12, P13, P,17, P18, P19, P20, P23, P27, P28, P33, PCT5, PCT8, PCT11, PCT15, H1, H3, H4, H5, H11, and H12.