Washington

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Population

Washington			Cajun		Central Louisiana		Greater New Orleans		Plantation		Northern Louisiana		Louisiana
		count		count		count		count		count		count		count
Population per Square Mile
1960	65.73	44015	55.98	45380	55.12	35143	634.17	147588	94.96	37664	54.06	37088	74.76	3257022
1970	62.70	41987	60.77	49332	67.13	41861	678.57	168414	114.26	45037	55.24	37975	83.58	3641306
1980	66.02	44207	68.16	55777	84.46	49475	719.94	191147	143.46	56838	61.45	42365	96.54	4205900
1990	64.49	43185	68.12	55900	88.62	50231	676.10	187265	154.19	60597	60.15	41627	96.86	4219973
2000	65.60	43926	114.38	1037065	35.45	399537	567.82	1369908	173.37	818305	97.05	1402259	102.58	4468976

Economy

Washington		Cajun	Central Louisiana	Greater New Orleans	Plantation	Northern Louisiana	Louisiana
Median Household Income (thousands of $)
2002	24.190	30.713	28.806	34.199	36.028	26.440	33.536
2003	25.086	31.900	29.764	35.168	36.965	27.592	33.792

Urban/Rural Housing 2000

Washington				Cajun			Central Louisiana			Greater New Orleans			Plantation			Northern Louisiana			Louisiana
		count	diff		count	diff		count	diff		count	diff		count	diff		count	diff		count	diff
Housing units per sq. mile	28.53	19106	-32.70	47.65	28795	12.38	43.81	51362	3.33	291.95	82224	588.56	67.72	26923	59.71	26.05	18163	-38.55	42.40	1847181	0.00
% units urban	39.73	7590	-44.91	54.64	19287	-24.22	34.64	35938	-51.97	74.70	73353	3.59	50.36	20343	-30.16	38.00	11283	-47.30	72.11	1331972	0.00
% units in urbanized areas	0.00	0	-100.00	21.04	11805	-63.07	12.08	28937	-78.80	56.73	68784	-0.43	20.41	16393	-64.17	12.02	8633	-78.91	56.97	1052250	0.00
% inside urban clusters	39.73	7590	162.39	33.61	7482	121.98	22.56	7001	48.99	17.97	4569	18.72	29.95	3951	97.82	25.99	2650	71.66	15.14	279722	0.00
% units rural	60.27	11516	116.11	45.36	9508	62.62	63.62	4302	128.12	25.30	8871	-9.29	49.64	6580	77.98	62.00	6881	122.29	27.89	515209	0.00

Race 2002

Washington				Cajun			Central Louisiana			Greater New Orleans			Plantation			Northern Louisiana			Louisiana
		count	diff		count	diff		count	diff		count	diff		count	diff		count	diff		count	diff
% pop of one race	99.46	43687	0.34	99.12	70644	0.00	98.75	35592	-0.37	98.78	193001	-0.34	90.72	46169	-8.48	99.32	42468	0.20	99.12	69074	0.00
% pop White	67.79	29614	1.60	74.07	51689	11.02	73.09	25291	9.54	69.45	114033	4.09	64.11	31098	-3.92	60.06	25863	-9.98	66.72	44628	0.00
% pop Black	31.71	13851	0.52	23.79	17299	-24.57	24.47	9350	-22.41	27.59	71821	-12.51	25.87	13806	-17.99	38.92	16001	23.40	31.54	22687	0.00
% pop A. Indian & Alaskan	0.23	100	-64.02	0.91	721	43.42	1.40	453	120.22	0.59	725	-6.53	0.54	272	-15.44	0.26	137	-58.80	0.64	396	0.00
% pop Asian	0.17	73	-71.68	0.71	571	20.04	0.43	230	-27.20	1.54	4073	160.21	0.59	578	0.83	0.34	259	-42.29	0.59	849	0.00
% pop Native Hawaiian	0.00	1	-88.55	0.02	13	-24.53	0.05	23	143.45	0.02	50	-4.30	0.05	24	131.45	0.02	13	1.95	0.02	19	0.00
% pop Other	0.11	48	-76.62	0.41	305	-13.72	0.56	245	19.83	0.81	2300	72.46	0.51	387	8.02	0.39	194	-16.26	0.47	485	0.00
% pop of 2 or more races	0.54	239	-77.52	0.84	666	-65.25	1.25	491	-48.55	1.22	2700	-49.60	0.95	590	-60.84	0.68	368	-71.99	2.42	912	0.00