2022 population: 202,418 ( 9,650 from 2010 , 14,361 from 2020)
Land area: 1064.1 square miles
Population density: 190.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	136,122	67.25%	1.8%
Black:	49,360	24.39%	3.9%
Indian:	973	0.48%	16.4%
Asian:	3,158	1.56%	48.4%
2+ races:	3,852	1.90%	22.2%
Hispanic:	8,953	4.42%	81.1%

Total non-White:	66,296	32.75%	12.2%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	5,958	13.7
Deaths:	5,867	13.5
Net Migration:	-14,430	-33.3
Net Immigration:	525	1.2

Change in White population:	2,419	1.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	7,231	3.8

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
192,768
133,703	69.36%
47,490	24.64%
836	0.43%
2,128	1.10%
3,152	1.64%
4,945	2.57%
59,065	30.64%

2000
183,577
133,716	72.84%
43,769	23.84%
532	0.29%
1,208	0.66%
1,676	0.91%
2,463	1.34%
49,861	27.16%

1990
168,134
126,850	75.45%
38,278	22.77%
423	0.25%
562	0.33%
n/a
2,021	1.20%
41,284	24.55%

1980
167,223
127,730	76.38%
35,867	21.45%
351	0.21%
414	0.25%
n/a
2,697	1.61%
39,493	23.62%

1970
145,415
112,188	77.15%
31,637	21.76%
116	0.08%
78	0.05%
n/a
1,324	0.91%
33,227	22.85%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
25,479	13.9
16,358	8.9
-4,767	-2.6
767	0.4

-13	-0.0
9,204	5.0

Number	Rate
1990's
27,793	16.5
15,479	9.2
-640	-0.4
977	0.6

6,866	4.1
8,577	5.1

Number	Rate
1980's
31,500	18.8
13,708	8.2
-15,571	-9.3
n/a

-880	-0.5
1,791	1.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
3,101	2.1
n/a

15,542	10.7
6,266	4.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Calcasieu 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
36.7
52,559	26.0%
149,859	74.0%
32,328	16.0%

76,853
2.70

50,249	65.4%
36,296	72.2%
5,434	10.8%
26,604	34.6%

2010
Number	Percent
35.9
49,012	25.4%
143,756	74.6%
24,326	12.6%

73,996
2.55

50,490	68.2%
34,816	69.0%
6,598	13.1%
23,506	31.8%

2000
Number	Percent
34.7
50,258	27.4%
133,319	72.6%
21,850	11.9%

68,757
2.60

49,249	71.6%
36,748	74.6%
5,976	12.1%
19,508	28.4%

1990
Number	Percent
31.5
49,590	29.5%
118,544	70.5%
18,083	10.8%

60,276
2.75

45,308	75.2%
35,565	78.5%
4,938	10.9%
14,968	24.8%

1980
Number	Percent
27.8
52,877	31.6%
114,346	68.4%
14,493	8.7%

56,415
2.92

44,202	78.4%
37,530	84.9%
3,251	7.4%
12,213	21.6%

2022 Housing Data for Calcasieu Parish, LA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	4,786	6.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,228	4.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,165	4.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,804	4.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,546	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,184	4.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,685	4.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,629	3.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,013	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,554	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	7,009	9.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,160	11.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	7,457	9.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,963	6.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,810	7.6%
$200,000 or more	5,860	7.6%

Median Household Income	64,370
Per Capita Income	33,486

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	99
Compared to U.S.	84

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,988	6.5%
Public Assistance	1,466	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	11,432	14.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	82,654	65.9%
Unemployed	4,966	4.0%
In Armed Forces	37	0.0%

Total Labor Force	87,657	69.9%
Not in Labor Force	37,823	30.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	35,912	30,096	54.4%
Non-Profit	1,977	3,574	35.6%
Self-Employed	5,325	2,535	67.7%

Local Government	3,121	4,874	39.0%
State Government	1,463	1,991	42.4%
Federal Government	656	364	64.3%

Total Private + Self	41,237	32,631	55.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	7,217	10,803	40.0%
Total	48,454	43,434	52.7%

Pct. Govt.	13.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	10,190	11.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	18,724	20.4%
Professional, Technical	20,714	22.5%
Service Occupations	18,169	19.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	313	0.3%
All others	24,190	26.3%

White Collar		54.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	12,695	13.8%
Construction	10,865	11.8%
Retail trade	10,491	11.4%
Manufacturing	9,257	10.1%
Educational services	8,914	9.7%
Accommodation and food services	5,817	6.3%
Other services	4,827	5.2%
Public administration	4,064	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,867	4.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,836	4.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	3,821	4.2%
Transportation and warehousing	3,654	4.0%
Finance and insurance	3,070	3.3%
Wholesale trade	1,611	1.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,345	1.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,210	1.3%
Information	1,092	1.2%
Utilities	1,025	1.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	526	0.6%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,225	2.00%
Puerto Rican	510	0.24%
Cuban	287	0.14%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	1,115	0.53%
Costa Rican	5	0.00%
Guatemalan	164	0.08%
Honduran	782	0.37%
Nicaraguan	24	0.01%
Panamanian	71	0.03%
Salvadoran	69	0.03%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	718	0.34%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	17	0.01%
Chilean	52	0.02%
Colombian	291	0.14%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	98	0.05%
Uruguayan	11	0.01%
Venezuelan	188	0.09%
Other South American	61	0.03%

Other Hispanic	1,968	0.93%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	1,137	0.54%
Vietnamese	370	0.18%
Cambodian	189	0.09%
Chinese	138	0.07%
Filipino	68	0.03%
Japanese	67	0.03%
Thai	65	0.03%
Laotian	51	0.02%
Korean	48	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	184,564	94.1%
Spanish	5,577	2.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,725	1.4%
Other Indo-European	1,503	0.8%
Other Asian	851	0.4%
Vietnamese	420	0.2%
Other	142	0.1%
Chinese	123	0.1%
Arabic	114	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
French	22,133	10.5%
American	14,904	7.1%
Irish	13,799	6.5%
French Canadian	13,001	6.2%
English	12,915	6.1%
German	12,304	5.8%
Italian	4,648	2.2%
Cajun	4,236	2.0%
Scottish	2,170	1.0%
European	2,021	1.0%
Scotch-Irish	1,906	0.9%
British	1,031	0.5%
Dutch	792	0.4%
Swedish	755	0.4%
African	711	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	207,156	98.3%
Not a citizen	3,614	1.7%

Native	204,314	96.9%
Foreign-born	6,456	3.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
4,426	3.2%	11,382	8.1%	47,620	34.0%	43,519	31.1%	21,647	15.5%	11,306	8.1%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	4,426	3.2%
9-12 Years	11,382	8.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	47,620	34.0%
Some College	43,519	31.1%
Bach. Degree	21,647	15.5%
Grad Degree	11,306	8.1%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	78,114	73,614	4,500	5.8%	6.2%
1991	82,024	76,035	5,989	7.3%	7.2%
1992	82,525	76,164	6,361	7.7%	7.8%
1993	79,785	74,231	5,554	7.0%	7.4%
1994	83,139	77,371	5,768	6.9%	7.7%
1995	84,835	79,826	5,009	5.9%	6.9%
1996	87,655	82,774	4,881	5.6%	6.5%
1997	88,793	83,664	5,129	5.8%	5.9%
1998	88,428	83,962	4,466	5.1%	5.5%
1999	89,493	85,036	4,457	5.0%	5.0%

2000	86,147	81,897	4,250	4.9%	5.2%
2001	85,859	81,084	4,775	5.6%	5.6%
2002	84,861	80,066	4,795	5.7%	6.0%
2003	86,141	80,714	5,427	6.3%	6.3%
2004	85,877	81,234	4,643	5.4%	5.7%
2005	91,531	84,559	6,972	7.6%	6.8%
2006	90,583	87,355	3,228	3.6%	4.0%
2007	91,732	88,138	3,594	3.9%	4.1%
2008	93,583	89,620	3,963	4.2%	4.7%
2009	92,159	86,370	5,789	6.3%	6.8%

2010	87,825	81,183	6,642	7.6%	7.5%
2011	87,313	80,948	6,365	7.3%	7.4%
2012	88,306	82,494	5,812	6.6%	6.7%
2013	89,392	83,855	5,537	6.2%	6.4%
2014	94,139	88,684	5,455	5.8%	6.3%
2015	98,809	93,523	5,286	5.3%	6.3%
2016	103,001	98,072	4,929	4.8%	6.1%
2017	108,615	104,312	4,303	4.0%	5.1%
2018	110,299	106,122	4,177	3.8%	4.8%
2019	107,492	103,255	4,237	3.9%	4.7%

2020	98,110	89,236	8,874	9.0%	8.3%
2021	95,386	89,951	5,435	5.7%	5.6%
2022	92,883	89,629	3,254	3.5%	3.7%
2023	91,057	87,920	3,137	3.4%	3.7%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	93,431
Median Value	$196,900

Occupied	76,853	82.3%
Vacant	16,578	17.7%

Owned	54,406	70.8%
Rented	22,447	29.2%
Median Rent	$1,025

Single-Family Units	63,616	68.1%
Detached	62,357	66.7%
Attached	1,259	1.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	9,236	9.9%
Mobile Homes	14,639	15.7%

Calcasieu Parish, LA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Calcasieu Parish, LA

2022 Housing Data for Calcasieu Parish, LA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Calcasieu Parish, LA

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Calcasieu Parish, LA

Historical Labor Force Data for Calcasieu Parish, LA