Central Louisiana

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Population

Central Louisiana			Louisiana
		count		count
Population per Square Mile
1960	55.12	35143	74.76	3257022
1970	67.13	41861	83.58	3641306
1980	84.46	49475	96.54	4205900
1990	88.62	50231	96.86	4219973
2000	35.45	399537	102.58	4468976

Economy

Central Louisiana		Louisiana
Median Household Income (thousands of $)
2002	28.81	33.54
2003	29.76	33.79

Urban/Rural Housing 2000

Central Louisiana				Louisiana
		count	diff		count	diff
Housing units per sq. mile	43.81	51362	3.33	42.40	1847181	0.00
% units urban	34.64	35938	-51.97	72.11	1331972	0.00
% units in urbanized areas	12.08	28937	-78.80	56.97	1052250	0.00
% inside urban clusters	22.56	7001	48.99	15.14	279722	0.00
% units rural	63.62	4302	128.12	27.89	515209	0.00

Race 2002

Central Louisiana				Louisiana
		count	diff		count	diff
% pop of one race	98.75	35592	-0.37	99.12	69074	0.00
% pop White	73.09	25291	9.54	66.72	44628	0.00
% pop Black	24.47	9350	-22.41	31.54	22687	0.00
% pop A. Indian & Alaskan	1.40	453	120.22	0.64	396	0.00
% pop Asian	0.43	230	-27.20	0.59	849	0.00
% pop Native Hawaiian	0.05	23	143.45	0.02	19	0.00
% pop Other	0.56	245	19.83	0.47	485	0.00
% pop of 2 or more races	1.25	491	-48.55	2.42	912	0.00