DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Louisiana
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent

          Total housing units 1,847,181 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,656,053 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,184,167 64.1   1.00 or less 1,569,627 94.8
1-unit, attached 70,863 3.8   1.01 to 1.50 57,282 3.5
2 units 74,492 4.0   1.51 or more 29,144 1.8
3 or 4 units 83,524 4.5        
5 to 9 units 56,990 3.1             Specified owner-occupied units 864,810 100.0
10 to 19 units 39,933 2.2   VALUE    
20 or more units 91,139 4.9   Less than $50,000 169,223 19.6
Mobile home 240,944 13.0   $50,000 to $99,999 369,252 42.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 5,129 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 173,997 20.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 78,622 9.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 47,645 5.5
1999 to March 2000 40,582 2.2   $300,000 to $499,999 18,778 2.2
1995 to 1998 123,982 6.7   $500,000 to $999,999 5,955 0.7
1990 to 1994 105,327 5.7   $1,000,000 or more 1,338 0.2
1980 to 1989 339,849 18.4   Median (dollars) 84,095 (X)
1970 to 1979 415,167 22.5        
1960 to 1969 300,717 16.3   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 365,291 19.8    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 156,266 8.5   With a mortgage 516,660 59.7
             Less than $300 9,061 1.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 59,994 6.9
1 room 23,452 1.3        $500 to $699 117,134 13.5
2 rooms 75,378 4.1        $700 to $999 163,772 18.9
3 rooms 175,962 9.5        $1,000 to $1,499 113,638 13.1
4 rooms 332,103 18.0        $1,500 to $1,999 31,802 3.7
5 rooms 468,750 25.4        $2,000 or more 21,259 2.5
6 rooms 361,634 19.6        Median (dollars) 800 (X)
7 rooms 206,683 11.2   Not mortgaged 348,150 40.3
8 rooms 112,280 6.1        Median (dollars) 238 (X)
9 or more rooms 90,939 4.9        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,656,053 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 395,010 45.7
1999 to March 2000 309,663 18.7   15 to 19 percent 138,608 16.0
1995 to 1998 446,127 26.9   20 to 24 percent 94,953 11.0
1990 to 1994 258,185 15.6   25 to 29 percent 60,192 7.0
1980 to 1989 253,627 15.3   30 to 34 percent 38,474 4.4
1970 to 1979 194,288 11.7   35 percent or more 123,015 14.2
1969 or earlier 194,163 11.7   Not computed 14,558 1.7
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 525,722 100.0
None 196,305 11.9   GROSS RENT    
1 613,285 37.0   Less than $200 42,721 8.1
2 629,350 38.0   $200 to $299 48,384 9.2
3 or more 217,113 13.1   $300 to $499 180,965 34.4
        $500 to $749 150,656 28.7
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 36,729 7.0
Utility Gas 776,540 46.9   $1,000 to $1,499 11,752 2.2
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 81,681 4.9   $1,500 or more 3,666 0.7
Electricity 774,936 46.8   No cash rent 50,849 9.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 2,492 0.2   Median (dollars) 450 (X)
Coal or coke 89 0.0        
Wood 12,647 0.8   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 306 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 1,868 0.1   Less than 15 percent 97,912 18.6
No fuel used 5,494 0.3   15 to 19 percent 65,760 12.5
        20 to 24 percent 56,910 10.8
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 45,051 8.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 10,717 0.6   30 to 34 percent 32,514 6.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 10,726 0.6   35 percent or more 156,882 29.8
No telephone service 69,488 4.2   Not computed 70,693 13.4
 
Date: September 6, 2005
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.