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People QuickFacts |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
229,553 | 4,287,768 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
0.7% | -4.1% |
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Population, 2000 |
227,818 | 4,468,976 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.8% | 7.1% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
24.4% | 27.3% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
11.4% | 11.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
52.5% | 51.6% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
45.7% | 63.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
50.0% | 32.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.2% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
2.6% | 1.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.0% | 1.1% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
1.7% | 2.4% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
49.8% | 59.0% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
4.4% | 2.6% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
8.8% | 9.2% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
80.1% | 74.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
31.7% | 18.7% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
20.9 | 25.7 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
97,388 | 1,847,181 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
52.2% | 67.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$94,700 | $85,000 |
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Households, 2000 |
88,973 | 1,656,053 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.42 | 2.62 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$30,368 | $32,566 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$18,512 | $16,912 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
24.0% | 19.6% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Baton Rouge |
Louisiana |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
2,792,963 | 47,192,153 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
3,095,008 | 41,885,192 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$13,816 | $9,360 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
435,329 | 7,411,702 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
18,490 | 328,756 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
17.2% | 12.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.8% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
3.7% | 2.5% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.2% | 2.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | S |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
24.7% | 26.4% |
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