Meraux, LA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2249800, place: Meraux CDP, Louisiana)

Total Population: 10,192
Male: 4,860 (47.68%)
Female: 5,332 (52.32%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 703 (6.9%)
5 to 9 years: 775 (7.6%)
10 to 14 years: 841 (8.25%)
15 to 19 years: 779 (7.64%)
20 to 24 years: 583 (5.72%)
25 to 34 years: 1,434 (14.07%)
35 to 44 years: 1,792 (17.58%)
45 to 54 years: 1,486 (14.58%)
55 to 59 years: 480 (4.71%)
60 to 64 years: 330 (3.24%)
65 to 74 years: 596 (5.85%)
75 to 84 years: 318 (3.12%)
85 years and over: 75 (0.74%)

Median age: 34.9 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 7,399 (72.6%)
21 years and over: 6,952 (68.21%)
62 years and over: 1,165 (11.43%)
65 years and over: 989 (9.7%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 7,399 (72.6%)
--Male: 3,455 (33.9%)
--Female: 3,944 (38.7%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 989 (9.7%)
--Male: 353 (3.46%)
--Female: 636 (6.24%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 10,070 (98.8%)
--White: 9,111 (89.39%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 415 (4.07%)
--Black or African American: 373 (3.66%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 48 (0.47%)
--Asian: 166 (1.63%)
----Asian Indian: 4 (0.04%)
----Chinese: 10 (0.1%)
----Filipino: 73 (0.72%)
----Japanese: 1 (0.01%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 72 (0.71%)
----Other Asian: 6 (0.06%)
--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: 34 (0.33%)
Two or more Races: 122 (1.2%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 415 (4.07%)
--Mexican: 53 (0.52%)
--Puerto Rican: 15 (0.15%)
--Cuban: 18 (0.18%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 329 (3.23%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 9,777 (95.93%)
--White Alone: 9,111 (89.39%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 10,189 (99.97%)
--Householder: 3,707 (36.37%)
--Spouse: 2,209 (21.67%)
--Child: 3,463 (33.98%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 2,512 (24.65%)
--Other relatives: 504 (4.95%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 227 (2.23%)
--Nonrelatives: 306 (3%)
----Unmarried partner: 160 (1.57%)
Living in group quarters: 3 (0.03%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 3 (0.03%)
Total households: 3,707
Family households (families): 2,773 (74.8%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,437 (38.76%)
--Married-couple families: 2,209 (59.59%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,146 (30.91%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 428 (11.55%)
----With own children under 18 years: 229 (6.18%)
Nonfamily households: 934 (25.2%)
--Householder living alone: 808 (21.8%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 402 (10.84%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 1,591 (42.92%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 807 (21.77%)
Average household size: 2.75 people
Average family size: 3.23 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 3,793
Occupied housing units: 3,707 (97.73%)
Vacant housing units: 86 (2.27%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 9 (0.24%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 0.7%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 2.8%
Occupied housing units: 3,707 (97.73%)
Owner occupied housing units: 2,987 (78.75%)
Renter occupied housing units: 720 (18.98%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.92 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.05 people

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