Northern Louisiana

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Population

Northern Louisiana			Louisiana
		count		count
Population per Square Mile
1960	54.06	37088	74.76	3257022
1970	55.24	37975	83.58	3641306
1980	61.45	42365	96.54	4205900
1990	60.15	41627	96.86	4219973
2000	97.05	1402259	102.58	4468976

Economy

Northern Louisiana		Louisiana
Median Household Income (thousands of $)
2002	26.44	33.54
2003	27.59	33.79

Urban/Rural Housing 2000

Northern Louisiana				Louisiana
		count	diff		count	diff
Housing units per sq. mile	26.05	18163	-38.55	42.40	1847181	0.00
% units urban	38.00	11283	-47.30	72.11	1331972	0.00
% units in urbanized areas	12.02	8633	-78.91	56.97	1052250	0.00
% inside urban clusters	25.99	2650	71.66	15.14	279722	0.00
% units rural	62.00	6881	122.29	27.89	515209	0.00

Race 2002

Northern Louisiana				Louisiana
		count	diff		count	diff
% pop of one race	99.32	42468	0.20	99.12	69074	0.00
% pop White	60.06	25863	-9.98	66.72	44628	0.00
% pop Black	38.92	16001	23.40	31.54	22687	0.00
% pop A. Indian & Alaskan	0.26	137	-58.80	0.64	396	0.00
% pop Asian	0.34	259	-42.29	0.59	849	0.00
% pop Native Hawaiian	0.02	13	1.95	0.02	19	0.00
% pop Other	0.39	194	-16.26	0.47	485	0.00
% pop of 2 or more races	0.68	368	-71.99	2.42	912	0.00