Louisiana: State Summary
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
State Health Department
- Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals: Office of Public Health, Baton Rouge
Population:
- Total Population: 4,468,976
- Males: 2,159,852
- Females: 2,309,124
Top 7 Languages spoken at home: (> 5000)
- English only (3,771,000)
- French (179,740)
- Spanish (105,190)
- Vietnamese (22,950)
- Cajun (14,185)
- German (7,994)
- Arabic (5,135)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (1,382,603)
- Southern Baptist Convention (768,587)
- United Methodist Church, The (160,153)
- Assemblies of God (49,041)
- Episcopal Church (33,653)
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 1,615,523
- Sensory: 179,485
- Physical: 396,140
- Mental: 238,855
- Self-care: 132,673
- Go outside home: 310,808
- Employment: 362,213
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 67,058
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 1,656,053
- Utility gas: 776,540
- Bottled or LP gas: 81,681
- Electricity: 774,936
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 2,492
- Coal or Coke: 89
- Wood: 12,647
- Solar Energy: 306
- Other fuel: 1,868
- No fuel used: 5,494
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 2,796,029
- No vehicle: 269,284
- 1 or more vehicle: 2,526,745
Education Attainment:
- No School: 41,985
- No High School: 215,725
- Some High School: 441,342
- High School: 899,354
- Some College: 561,486
- Associate's Degree: 95,798
- College Degree: 339,711
- Master's Degree: 115,396
- Professional Degree: 45,893
- Doctoral Degree: 18,778
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 1,656,053
- Owners with phone: 1,099,706
- Owners without phone: 25,289
- Renters with phone: 486,859
- Renters without phone: 44,199
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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