Population: All people, male and female, child and adult, living in a given geographic area.

Total households: A household includes all of the people who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house, apartment, or mobile home. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated people who share living quarters. People living in group quarters are not considered to be living in households. Group quarters includes institutions such as prisons, military barracks, nursing homes, and juvenile institutions.

Family households: A family includes a head of household and one or more other people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. All people in a household who are related to the householder are regarded as members of his or her family. A household can contain only one family for purposes of census tabulations. Not all households contain families since a household may be a group of unrelated people or one person living alone.

Female: The percent of the total population that is female. Individuals were asked to mark either ??male?? or ??female?? to indicate their sex.

Male: The percent of the total population that is male. Individuals were asked to mark either ??male?? or ??female?? to indicate their sex.

5 years old and under: The percent of the total population that is 5 years old or younger. The age classification is based on the age of the person in complete years as of April 1, 2000.

6-11 years old: The percent of the total population that is 6 to 11 years old. The age classification is based on the age of the person in complete years as of April 1, 2000.

12-17 years old: The percent of the total population that is 12 to 17 years old. The age classification is based on the age of the person in complete years as of April 1, 2000.

18-34 years old: The percent of the total population that is 18 to 34 years old. The age classification is based on the age of the person in complete years as of April 1, 2000.

35-49 years old: The percent of the total population that is 35 to 49 years old. The age classification is based on the age of the person in complete years as of April 1, 2000.

50-64 years old: The percent of the total population that is 50 to 64 years old. The age classification is based on the age of the person in complete years as of April 1, 2000.

65-74 years old: The percent of the total population that is 65 to 74 years old. The age classification is based on the age of the person in complete years as of April 1, 2000.

75-84 years old: The percent of the total population that is 75 to 84 years old. The age classification is based on the age of the person in complete years as of April 1, 2000.

85 years old and older: The percent of the total population that is 85 years old or older. The age classification is based on the age of the person in complete years as of April 1, 2000.

Black or African American: The percent of the total population who indicate they consider their race to be "Black, African Am., or Negro." This percent does not include African Americans who checked "yes" for Hispanic. It does include those that wrote in entries such as Afro American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian.

White: The percent of the total population who indicate they consider their race to be "White." This percent does not include whites who checked "yes" for Hispanic. It does include those that wrote in entries such as English, French, Polish, Lebanese, or Arab.

Asian: The percent of the total population who indicate they consider their race to be Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Other Asian. This percent does not include Asians who checked "yes" for Hispanic. It does include those that wrote in entries such as Thai, Laotian, Pakistani, or Indian.

American Indian: The percent of the total population who indicate they consider their race to be "American Indian or Alaska Native" or wrote in the name of their Indian tribe. This percent does not include those who checked "yes" for Hispanic.

Other: The percent of the total population who indicate they consider their race to be "Some other race." It includes those that wrote in entries such as multiracial, mixed, or interracial. Respondents who identified with "Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander" were included in this percentage because the numbers were so few in the Greater New Orleans area. This percent does not include those who checked "yes" for Hispanic.

2 race categories: The percent of the total population who indicate they consider their race to be a combination of two or more of the following race categories: 1) Black, 2) White, 3) American Indian or Alaska Native, 4) Asian, 5) Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, and 6) Some other race. This percent does not include those who checked "yes" for Hispanic.

Hispanic (any race): The percent of the total population who indicate they consider themselves to be "Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano," "Puerto Rican," "Cuban" or "Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino." (The Data Center combined ethnicity data with race data so "Hispanic" is comparable to race categories such as "White." To avoid double-counting people, anybody who checked "Spanish/Hispanic/Latino" under ethnicity was removed from whatever race category they also checked and put into the new category of "Hispanic or Latino (all races)." So, for example, if someone checked "White" as their race and "Hispanic" as their ethnicity, we removed them from the count of "White" people and included them in our new racial category of "Hispanic or Latino.")

Total population 15 years and older: All people 15 years old or older. The age classification is based on the age of the person in complete years as of April 1, 2000.

Never married: The percent of the total population 15 years and older who indicate that their marital status is "never married."

Married: The percent of the total population 15 years and older who indicate that their marital status is "married." ("Married" includes the census categories "Married, spouse present" and "Married, spouse absent, other.")

Separated: The percent of the total population 15 years and older who indicate that their marital status is "separated."

Widowed: The percent of the total population 15 years and older who indicate that their marital status is "widowed."

Divorced: The percent of the total population 15 years and older who indicate that their marital status is "divorced."

Total households: A household includes all of the people who occupy a housing unit. A housing unit is a house, apartment, or mobile home. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated people who share living quarters. People living in group quarters are not considered to be living in households. Group quarters includes institutions such as prisons, military barracks, nursing homes, and juvenile institutions.

Female householder (no husband present) with children under 18: The percent of total households that consist of a female head of household with children under 18 years of age related to her by birth, marriage (a stepchild), or adoption, with no husband present.

Male householder (no wife present) with children under 18: The percent of total households that consist of a male head of household with children under 18 years of age related to him by birth, marriage (a stepchild), or adoption, with no wife present.

Married-couple family, with children under 18: The percent of total households that consist of a married couple with children under 18 years of age related to the head of household by birth, marriage (a stepchild), or adoption.

Nonfamily households, with children under 18: The percent of total households that consist of a head of household living with children under 18 years of age not related to the head of household by birth, marriage (a stepchild), or adoption.

Households with no people under 18 years: The percent of total households that have no children under 18 years of age.

Population under 18 years in households: Total number of persons age 17 and under living in households.

Children living as head of household: The percent of the total population under 18 years of age in households who reported being the householder. In most cases, the householder is the person, or one of the people, in whose name the home is owned, being bought, or rented. If there is no such person in the household, any household member 15 years old or over could be designated as the householder.

Children living with mother only: The percent of the total population under 18 years of age in households who live with their mother, with no husband present.

Children living with father only: The percent of the total population under 18 years of age in households who live with their father, with no wife present.

Children living with married parents: The percent of the total population under 18 years of age in households who live with married parents.

Children living with grandparents: The percent of the total population under 18 years of age in households who live with a grandparent head of household.

Children living with other relatives: The percent of the total population under 18 years of age in households who live with a head of household who is a relative but not a parent or grandparent. Examples include brother, sister, aunt, cousin, etc.

Children living with non-relatives: The percent of the total population under 18 years of age in households who live with a head of household who is a non-relative. Examples include foster parent, unmarried partner, housemate, etc.

Children in foster care: The number of children who are the responsibility of the state in out-of-home placements as reported June 30, 2003.

Children in foster care rate per 100,000: The rate is the total number of children who are the responsibility of the state in out-of-home placements for every 100,000 persons under the age of 18 in the resident population.

Children under 6 in families where both parents or the single parent works: The percent of children under 6 in families and subfamilies where both parents work or the single parent works. This includes children living with two parents where both parents are in the labor force, and children who live with one parent where that parent is in the labor force.

Children under 6 in families where at least one parent does not work: The percent of children under 6 in families and subfamilies where at least one parent doesn't work. This includes children living with two parents where at least one parent isn't in the labor force, and children who live with one parent where that parent isn't in the labor force.

Total children 6-17 in families and subfamilies: Total number of persons age 6 to 17 living in families and subfamilies. A family includes a head of household and one or more other people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. A subfamily does not maintain their own household, but lives in a household where the householder or householder's spouse is a relative.

Children 6-17 in families where both parents or the single parent works: The percent of children 6 - 17 in families and subfamilies where both parents work or the single parent works. This includes children living with two parents where both parents are in the labor force, and children who live with one parent where that parent is in the labor force.

Children 6-17 in families where at least one parent does not work: The percent of children 6 - 17 in families and subfamilies where at least one parent doesn't work. This includes children living with two parents where at least one parent isn't in the labor force, and children who live with one parent where that parent isn't in the labor force.

Total grandparents living in households with grandchildren under 18: All persons 30 years and older living in households with one or more grandchildren under 18.

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren under 18: The percent of the total population 30 years and over in households who are grandparents and living with one or more grandchildren less than 18 years of age, who are also responsible for the basic needs of one or more grandchildren.

Grandparent not responsible for own grandchildren under 18: The percent of the total population 30 years and over in households, who are grandparents, and who are living with one or more of their own grandchildren less than 18 years of age, but are not responsible for the basic needs of these grandchildren.

Source links:

U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000 Full-count Characteristics (SF1) and Census 2000 Sample Characteristics (SF3).
factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
Use 2000 Summary File 1 and 2000 Summary File 3 to make data selections.

Agenda for Children. 2003 Kids Count Data Book on Louisiana's Children.
www.agendaforchildren.org/kcdata/
Use the drop down menus to select parish and year. We used 2003 data for all parishes and Louisiana.

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