Mer Rouge, LA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2249905, place: Mer Rouge village, Louisiana)

Total Population: 721
Male: 323 (44.8%)
Female: 398 (55.2%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 35 (4.85%)
5 to 9 years: 44 (6.1%)
10 to 14 years: 38 (5.27%)
15 to 19 years: 40 (5.55%)
20 to 24 years: 40 (5.55%)
25 to 34 years: 65 (9.02%)
35 to 44 years: 103 (14.29%)
45 to 54 years: 89 (12.34%)
55 to 59 years: 29 (4.02%)
60 to 64 years: 33 (4.58%)
65 to 74 years: 68 (9.43%)
75 to 84 years: 80 (11.1%)
85 years and over: 57 (7.91%)

Median age: 44.7 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 577 (80.03%)
21 years and over: 552 (76.56%)
62 years and over: 225 (31.21%)
65 years and over: 205 (28.43%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 577 (80.03%)
--Male: 253 (35.09%)
--Female: 324 (44.94%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 205 (28.43%)
--Male: 80 (11.1%)
--Female: 125 (17.34%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 719 (99.72%)
--White: 446 (61.86%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 8 (1.11%)
--Black or African American: 263 (36.48%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 2 (0.28%)
--Asian: 0 (0%)
----Asian Indian: 0 (0%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 0 (0%)
----Japanese: 0 (0%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 0 (0%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 0 (0%)
Two or more Races: 2 (0.28%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 8 (1.11%)
--Mexican: 7 (0.97%)
--Puerto Rican: 0 (0%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 1 (0.14%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 713 (98.89%)
--White Alone: 446 (61.86%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 602 (83.5%)
--Householder: 264 (36.62%)
--Spouse: 110 (15.26%)
--Child: 167 (23.16%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 116 (16.09%)
--Other relatives: 44 (6.1%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 26 (3.61%)
--Nonrelatives: 17 (2.36%)
----Unmarried partner: 7 (0.97%)
Living in group quarters: 119 (16.5%)
--Institutionalized Population: 113 (15.67%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 6 (0.83%)
Total households: 264
Family households (families): 173 (65.53%)
----With own children under 18 years: 73 (27.65%)
--Married-couple families: 110 (41.67%)
----With own children under 18 years: 37 (14.02%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 53 (20.08%)
----With own children under 18 years: 32 (12.12%)
Nonfamily households: 91 (34.47%)
--Householder living alone: 81 (30.68%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 40 (15.15%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 86 (32.58%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 85 (32.2%)
Average household size: 2.28 people
Average family size: 2.86 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 293
Occupied housing units: 264 (90.1%)
Vacant housing units: 29 (9.9%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 2 (0.68%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.3%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 6.2%
Occupied housing units: 264 (90.1%)
Owner occupied housing units: 158 (53.92%)
Renter occupied housing units: 106 (36.18%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.52 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 1.92 people

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