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By Job Gal | July 27, 2008
Louisiana
The State of Louisiana is located in the southern region of the United States. Baton Rouge serves as the state capital, and New Orleans is the largest city. Louisiana is the only state divided into parishes, which are equivalent to counties.
Louisiana was named after King Louis XIV of France. The land was originally claimed by Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, and was acquired by the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
The state is known for being multicultural and has French, Spanish and African influences. The state has a large population of Cajun and Creole people, African-Americans and Franco-Americans, southern white people, other Europeans, Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans.
Louisiana’s Job Market
In 2005, Louisiana’s gross state product was $168 billion, 24th in the nation. The states agricultural products include: seafood, cotton, soybeans, cattle, sugarcane, poultry and eggs, dairy products and rice. The state’s industrial products include: chemical products, petroleum and coal, food processing and transportation equipment and paper products. Tourism also is an important economic factor.
Louisiana’s fastest growing industries include: healthcare, information technology, tourism and construction.
Work Trends
Mean travel time to work: 25.7 minutes
Louisiana unemployment rate: 3.8 percent
National unemployment rate: 5.5 percent
Louisiana’s Largest Employers
Entergy
639 Loyola Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70113
Shaw Group
4171 Essen Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
CenturyTel
100 CenturyTel Dr.
Monroe, LA 71203
Pool
109 Northpark Blvd.
Covington, LA 70433
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
LouisianaJobs
Louisiana Workforce Commission
Government Job Search
CareerBuilder
EmploymentGuide
Surrounding Area Job Search
Gonzales, LA.
Monroe, LA.
Lafayette, LA.
Hammond, LA.
Slidell, LA.
Thibodaux, LA.
Baton Rouge, LA.
Shreveport, LA.
Lake Charles, LA.
New Orleans, LA.
Continuing Education
Tulane University
Louisiana State University
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Southeastern Louisiana University
Louisiana Tech University
Discovering Louisiana
Global Wildlife Center
Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo
Greater Baton Rouge State Fair
Mandeville Seafood Festival
Louisiana State Fair
New Orleans Hornets
New Orleans Saints
Louisiana Statistics
Population
Total population: 4,287,768
Persons under five-years old: 7 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 25.4 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 12.2 percent
Female: 51.4 percent
White: 65.4 percent
Black: 31.7 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: .6 percent
Asian: 1.4 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: less than 1 percent
Multi-racial: .9 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 2.9 percent
Non-Hispanic white: 62.8 percent
Education
High school graduates: 74.8 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 18.7 percent
Housing
Housing units: 1,830,073
Homeownership rate: 67.9 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 18.7 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $85,000
Households: 1,656,053
Persons per household: 2.62
Income
Median household income: $35,216
Per capita income: $16,912
Persons below poverty: 19.2 percent
Transportation
Airports: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Shreveport Airport
Railroads: Amtrak
Public mass transit: Streetcars, New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
Weather
Average annual precipitation: 63.5 inches
Average low temp. in January: 49 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 89 degrees
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