People QuickFacts	Bossier Parish	Louisiana
  	Population, 2008 estimate    	110,250	4,410,796
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008    	11.8%	-1.3%
  	Population estimates base (April 1) 2000    	98,600	4,468,968
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007    	7.7%	6.9%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007    	27.2%	25.1%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007    	11.5%	12.2%
  	Female persons, percent, 2007    	51.0%	51.4% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	74.4%	65.1%
  	Black persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	21.8%	31.9%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	0.5%	0.6%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a)    	1.6%	1.4%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a)    	0.1%	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007    	1.7%	0.9%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b)    	4.5%	3.2%
  	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007    	70.3%	62.3% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	50.5%	59.0%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	2.5%	2.6%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	5.6%	9.2%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	83.0%	74.8%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	18.1%	18.7%
  	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000    	17,196	880,047
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	22.4	25.7 			
  	Housing units, 2007    	47,404	1,859,179
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	69.5%	67.9%
  	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000    	16.0%	18.7%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$87,600	$85,000 			
  	Households, 2000    	36,628	1,656,053
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.63	2.62
  	Median household income, 2007    	$47,539	$40,866
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$18,119	$16,912
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 2007    	15.0%	18.8%

   	Business QuickFacts	Bossier Parish	Louisiana
  	Private nonfarm establishments, 2006    	2,244	101,802
  	Private nonfarm employment, 2006    	35,909	1,593,033
  	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006    	16.8%	Z
  	Nonemployer establishments, 2006    	6,359	294,107
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	6,752	328,756
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	12.2%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.8%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	2.5%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	S
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	2.8%	2.3%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	29.0%	26.4% 			
  	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)    	D	89,540,799
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	D	47,192,153
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,148,002	41,885,192
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$11,386	$9,356
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	687,461	7,411,702
  	Building permits, 2007    	828	23,379
  	Federal spending, 2007 ($1000)    	1,061,498	43,036,073

   	Geography QuickFacts	Bossier Parish	Louisiana
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	839.25	43,561.85
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	117.2	102.6
  	FIPS Code    	015	22
  	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts