POPULATION <strong>2003</strong> LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT Gender Male Female Race Table 1.5: Percent Distribution by Race and Gender, Within Age Groups 50-85+ <strong>Louisiana</strong>, <strong>2003</strong> Age Group (years) 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85+ Total White 34.2 35.7 35.4 34.5 33.4 32.3 28.4 22.0 31.8 Black 13.3 11.5 10.6 10.4 9.1 8.1 7.4 7.0 15.7 Other 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.1 Total 48.4 48.1 46.9 45.7 43.1 40.8 36.2 29.3 48.5 White 34.7 36.8 38.3 39.1 42.4 45.1 49.6 54.0 32.9 Black 15.8 14.1 13.9 14.4 13.8 13.6 13.8 16.2 17.5 Other 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.1 Total 51.6 51.9 53.1 54.3 56.9 59.2 63.8 70.7 51.5 Source: Bridged-Race Postcensal Population Estimates <strong>2003</strong>, U.S. Bureau <strong>of</strong> the Census Calculated based on data provided by the U.S. Bureau <strong>of</strong> the Census <strong>2003</strong> population estimates for each <strong>of</strong> <strong>Louisiana</strong>'s 64 parishes (counties) show the distribution <strong>of</strong> the total population across the state. Parish-level populations are shown in table 1.6. Table 1.6: Population Counts by Parish <strong>Louisiana</strong>, <strong>2003</strong> Parish <strong>2003</strong> Parish Estimate Parish <strong>2003</strong> Parish Estimate Acadia 59,165 Madison 13,091 Allen 25,334 Morehouse 30,520 Ascension 81,388 Natchitoches 39,328 Assumption 23,291 Orleans 469,271 Avoyelles 42,287 Ouachita 148,112 Beauregard 33,190 Plaquemines 28,049 Bienville 15,580 Pointe Coupee 22,114 Bossier 102,088 Rapides 127,184 Caddo 254,216 Red River 9,556 Calcasieu 184,693 Richland 20,151 Caldwell 10,715 Sabine 23,635 Cameron 9,717 St. Bernard 66,172 Catahoula 10,717 St. Charles 48,351 Claiborne 16,428 St. Helena 10,500 Concordia 19,995 St. James 21,139 DeSoto 25,490 St. John 44,053 East Baton Rouge 416,881 St. Landry 89,128 East Carroll 9,005 St. Martin 49,294 East Feliciana 20,940 St. Mary 52,403 Evangeline 35,180 St. Tammany 202,203 Franklin 20,848 Tangipahoa 102,078 Grant 18,905 Tensas 6,252 Iberia 73,842 Terrebonne 106,823 Iberville 32,842 Union 22,330 Jackson 15,591 Vermilion 54,274 Jefferson 456,779 Vernon 51,959 Jefferson Davis 30,826 Washington 43,634 Lafayette 194,408 Webster 41,441 Lafourche 91,034 West Baton Rouge 21,738 LaSalle 14,349 West Carroll 12,208 Lincoln 42,882 West Feliciana 15,177 Livingston 99,109 Winn 16,453 Source: <strong>Louisiana</strong> Technical University, Research Division, July <strong>2003</strong>. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 12 <strong>Louisiana</strong> Office <strong>of</strong> Public Health, State Center for Health <strong>Statistics</strong>
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