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 |
Age, Family & Household Data for Calcasieu Parish, LA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[Display all years] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
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% |
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 | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
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% |