Cajun

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Population

Cajun			Louisiana
		count		count
Population per Square Mile
1960	55.98	45380	74.76	3257022
1970	60.77	49332	83.58	3641306
1980	68.16	55777	96.54	4205900
1990	68.12	55900	96.86	4219973
2000	114.38	1037065	102.58	4468976

Economy

Cajun		Louisiana
Median Household Income (thousands of $)
2002	30.71	33.54
2003	31.90	33.79

Urban/Rural Housing 2000

Cajun				Louisiana
		count	diff		count	diff
Housing units per sq. mile	47.65	28795	12.38	42.40	1847181	0.00
% units urban	54.64	19287	-24.22	72.11	1331972	0.00
% units in urbanized areas	21.04	11805	-63.07	56.97	1052250	0.00
% inside urban clusters	33.61	7482	121.98	15.14	279722	0.00
% units rural	45.36	9508	62.62	27.89	515209	0.00

Race 2002

Cajun				Louisiana
		count	diff		count	diff
% pop of one race	99.12	70644	0.00	99.12	69074	0.00
% pop White	74.07	51689	11.02	66.72	44628	0.00
% pop Black	23.79	17299	-24.57	31.54	22687	0.00
% pop A. Indian & Alaskan	0.91	721	43.42	0.64	396	0.00
% pop Asian	0.71	571	20.04	0.59	849	0.00
% pop Native Hawaiian	0.02	13	-24.53	0.02	19	0.00
% pop Other	0.41	305	-13.72	0.47	485	0.00
% pop of 2 or more races	0.84	666	-65.25	2.42	912	0.00