2022 population: 130,458 ( 23,243 from 2010 , 3,960 from 2020)
Land area: 290.0 square miles
Population density: 449.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	85,701	65.69%	12.8%
Black:	32,292	24.75%	36.1%
Indian:	419	0.32%	41.1%
Asian:	1,841	1.41%	74.3%
2+ races:	1,737	1.33%	68.8%
Hispanic:	8,468	6.49%	68.6%

Total non-White:	44,757	34.31%	43.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	3,691	14.6
Deaths:	2,251	8.9
Net Migration:	2,355	9.3
Net Immigration:	100	0.4

Change in White population:	9,752	9.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	13,491	12.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
107,215
75,949	70.84%
23,727	22.13%
297	0.28%
1,056	0.98%
1,029	0.96%
5,024	4.69%
31,266	29.16%

2000
76,627
58,378	76.18%
15,466	20.18%
191	0.25%
267	0.35%
402	0.52%
1,883	2.46%
18,249	23.82%

1990
58,214
43,631	74.95%
13,125	22.55%
100	0.17%
357	0.61%
n/a
1,001	1.72%
14,583	25.05%

1980
50,068
37,736	75.37%
11,106	22.18%
50	0.10%
115	0.23%
n/a
1,061	2.12%
12,332	24.63%

1970
37,086
26,415	71.23%
9,610	25.91%
27	0.07%
25	0.07%
n/a
982	2.65%
10,671	28.77%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
14,038	18.3
5,281	6.9
18,572	24.2
1,157	1.5

17,571	22.9
13,017	17.0

Number	Rate
1990's
11,299	19.4
4,552	7.8
11,187	19.2
132	0.2

14,747	25.3
3,666	6.3

Number	Rate
1980's
11,077	22.1
3,530	7.1
1,119	2.2
n/a

5,895	11.8
2,251	4.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
6,728	18.1
n/a

11,321	30.5
1,661	4.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Ascension Parish, LA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
36.2
33,567	25.7%
96,891	74.3%
15,759	12.1%

46,040
2.74

34,448	74.8%
26,723	77.6%
3,419	9.9%
11,592	25.2%

2010
Number	Percent
34.3
30,755	28.7%
76,460	71.3%
9,494	8.9%

37,790
2.82

28,966	76.6%
21,458	74.1%
3,074	10.6%
8,824	23.4%

2000
Number	Percent
31.9
23,072	30.1%
53,555	69.9%
5,846	7.6%

26,773
2.84

21,002	78.4%
16,121	76.8%
2,129	10.1%
5,771	21.6%

1990
Number	Percent
29.2
18,620	32.0%
39,594	68.0%
4,681	8.0%

19,192
3.01

15,610	81.3%
12,616	80.8%
1,443	9.2%
3,582	18.7%

1980
Number	Percent
25.6
18,111	36.2%
31,957	63.8%
3,650	7.3%

15,438
3.22

12,809	83.0%
10,894	85.0%
921	7.2%
2,629	17.0%

2022 Housing Data for Ascension Parish, LA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,544	3.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,087	2.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,140	2.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,649	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,655	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,150	2.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,620	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,548	3.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,033	2.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	3,042	6.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	3,330	7.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,549	12.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	5,810	12.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,045	8.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,490	11.9%
$200,000 or more	6,348	13.8%

Median Household Income	93,800
Per Capita Income	41,355

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	105
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,007	4.4%
Public Assistance	882	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	4,936	10.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	57,021	74.9%
Unemployed	2,538	3.3%
In Armed Forces	125	0.2%

Total Labor Force	59,684	78.4%
Not in Labor Force	16,459	21.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	25,189	19,061	56.9%
Non-Profit	850	2,379	26.3%
Self-Employed	4,155	1,935	68.2%

Local Government	1,799	2,694	40.0%
State Government	1,228	2,342	34.4%
Federal Government	586	287	67.1%

Total Private + Self	29,344	20,996	58.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	4,463	7,702	36.7%
Total	33,807	28,698	54.1%

Pct. Govt.	14.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	9,946	15.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	13,721	21.9%
Professional, Technical	14,768	23.6%
Service Occupations	7,878	12.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	80	0.1%
All others	16,266	26.0%

White Collar		61.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	9,511	15.2%
Health care and social assistance	7,597	12.1%
Retail trade	6,141	9.8%
Construction	5,467	8.7%
Educational services	5,225	8.3%
Public administration	3,900	6.2%
Accommodation and food services	3,825	6.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	3,742	6.0%
Other services	3,148	5.0%
Transportation and warehousing	3,116	5.0%
Finance and insurance	2,428	3.9%
Wholesale trade	2,123	3.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,571	2.5%
Information	1,495	2.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,316	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	756	1.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	590	0.9%
Utilities	528	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	53	0.1%
Management	47	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,104	3.23%
Puerto Rican	151	0.12%
Cuban	309	0.24%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	1,573	1.24%
Costa Rican	21	0.02%
Guatemalan	125	0.10%
Honduran	902	0.71%
Nicaraguan	14	0.01%
Panamanian	9	0.01%
Salvadoran	502	0.40%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	241	0.19%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	139	0.11%
Ecuadorian	32	0.03%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	60	0.05%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	10	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,451	1.14%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	638	0.50%
Indian	291	0.23%
Chinese	129	0.10%
Filipino	104	0.08%
Japanese	89	0.07%
Thai	48	0.04%
Taiwanese	23	0.02%
Laotian	19	0.01%
Cambodian	18	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	110,433	93.3%
Spanish	5,439	4.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	911	0.8%
Vietnamese	527	0.4%
Other Indo-European	452	0.4%
Other Asian	251	0.2%
Other	110	0.1%
Chinese	102	0.1%
Tagalog	52	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
French	19,359	15.2%
American	11,534	9.1%
German	10,727	8.4%
English	9,238	7.3%
Italian	8,113	6.4%
Irish	8,093	6.4%
French Canadian	3,682	2.9%
Cajun	1,768	1.4%
European	1,260	1.0%
Scotch-Irish	1,184	0.9%
African	1,184	0.9%
Scottish	775	0.6%
Hungarian	590	0.5%
Polish	510	0.4%
Swedish	474	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	124,086	97.7%
Not a citizen	2,887	2.3%

Native	122,250	96.3%
Foreign-born	4,723	3.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,041	3.7%	6,288	7.5%	24,518	29.4%	25,268	30.3%	16,316	19.6%	7,869	9.4%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,041	3.7%
9-12 Years	6,288	7.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	24,518	29.4%
Some College	25,268	30.3%
Bach. Degree	16,316	19.6%
Grad Degree	7,869	9.4%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	27,154	25,391	1,763	6.5%	6.2%
1991	27,695	25,766	1,929	7.0%	7.2%
1992	28,490	26,658	1,832	6.4%	7.8%
1993	28,304	26,300	2,004	7.1%	7.4%
1994	29,402	27,162	2,240	7.6%	7.7%
1995	30,131	28,218	1,913	6.3%	6.9%
1996	31,366	29,490	1,876	6.0%	6.5%
1997	31,988	30,357	1,631	5.1%	5.9%
1998	33,307	31,746	1,561	4.7%	5.5%
1999	35,006	33,514	1,492	4.3%	5.0%

2000	38,264	36,297	1,967	5.1%	5.2%
2001	38,733	36,626	2,107	5.4%	5.6%
2002	39,575	37,077	2,498	6.3%	6.0%
2003	41,022	38,289	2,733	6.7%	6.3%
2004	42,554	39,875	2,679	6.3%	5.7%
2005	46,027	43,030	2,997	6.5%	6.8%
2006	47,708	45,910	1,798	3.8%	4.0%
2007	48,869	47,001	1,868	3.8%	4.1%
2008	50,461	48,367	2,094	4.1%	4.7%
2009	51,599	48,546	3,053	5.9%	6.8%

2010	53,365	49,616	3,749	7.0%	7.5%
2011	54,154	50,536	3,618	6.7%	7.4%
2012	55,119	51,915	3,204	5.8%	6.7%
2013	56,822	53,778	3,044	5.4%	6.4%
2014	59,431	56,324	3,107	5.2%	6.3%
2015	61,401	58,319	3,082	5.0%	6.3%
2016	62,060	59,019	3,041	4.9%	6.1%
2017	62,884	60,199	2,685	4.3%	5.1%
2018	64,513	61,895	2,618	4.1%	4.8%
2019	65,554	62,953	2,601	4.0%	4.7%

2020	64,136	59,807	4,329	6.7%	8.3%
2021	65,611	62,804	2,807	4.3%	5.6%
2022	67,286	65,300	1,986	3.0%	3.7%
2023	66,938	64,952	1,986	3.0%	3.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	49,998
Median Value	$255,600

Occupied	46,040	92.1%
Vacant	3,958	7.9%

Owned	38,337	83.3%
Rented	7,703	16.7%
Median Rent	$1,230

Single-Family Units	38,250	76.5%
Detached	37,537	75.1%
Attached	713	1.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	2,592	5.2%
Mobile Homes	7,777	15.6%

Ascension Parish, LA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Ascension Parish, LA

2022 Housing Data for Ascension Parish, LA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Ascension Parish, LA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Ascension Parish, LA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Ascension Parish, LA

Historical Labor Force Data for Ascension Parish, LA