Lake Charles, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Lake Charles is 5th in Louisiana out of 62 other cities in Current population (2012)

Lake Charles is 5th in Louisiana out of 87 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Lake Charles is 6th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Households

Lake Charles is 6th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Housing units

Lake Charles is 7th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Size in square miles

Lake Charles is 7th in Louisiana out of 99 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lake Charles is 8th in Louisiana out of 97 other cities in Retail sales

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Lake Charles	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	73,474	5th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	42.1	7th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,711.8	52nd	104.9	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Lake Charles	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	71st	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	83rd	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.9%	36th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lake Charles	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.6%	46th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.5%	33rd	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lake Charles	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	47.0%	76th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	47.7%	32nd	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	42nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.7%	36th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	107th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	24th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	63rd	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	45.6%	73rd	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lake Charles	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.7%	55th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.3%	49th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Lake Charles	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	32,469	6th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.3%	26th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	28,513	6th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	57.2%	82nd	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$117,800	65th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	95th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Lake Charles	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$22,908	45th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$35,996	78th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.2%	36th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Lake Charles	Rank	Louisiana	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	6,313	7th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,507,469	8th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$21,496	29th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$563,784	5th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732

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