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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $199 (0.3%)
Area name: Lake Charles, LA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cameron Parish is $456 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $555 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $685 a month.
Cities in this county include: Cameron
, Hackberry
.
Neighboring
counties: Calcasieu Parish
, Jefferson Davis Parish
, Vermilion Parish
, Jefferson County, Texas
, Orange County, Texas
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Cameron Parish: Cameron
Farms
(A),
Coastal Hunting Club
(B),
Burton Shell Slip
(C),
Lulu Hunting Club
(D),
Grand Cheniere Ferry
(E),
Starks Hill Camp
(F),
Johnson Bayou
(G),
Sweet Lake Pumping Station
(H),
Sweet Lake Ferry
(I),
West Cove Camp
(J),
F-R Ranch
(K),
Grays Camp
(L),
Ocean View Beach
(M),
Gate Camp
(N),
Mallard
(O),
Tee Camp
(P),
Beach Camp
(Q)
Churches in Cameron Parish include: Saint
Eugene Church
(A),
Sacred Heart Church
(B),
Saint Joseph Church
(C),
Ebenezer Church
(D),
Our Lady of Assumption Church
(E),
Saint Marys Church
(F),
Little Cheniere Church
(G),
Saint Rose Church
(H),
Saint Theresa Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Circle
Cemetery
(1),
Pujol Cemetery
(2),
Smith Ridge Cemetery
(3),
Hebert Cemetery
(4),
Head of the Hollow Cemetery
(5),
Pevoto Cemetery
(6),
Peveto Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and swamps: Five
Lakes
(A),
Price Lake
(B),
Floating Lake
(C),
Collicon Lake
(D),
Claibert Lake
(E),
Wash Lake
(F),
Mud Lake
(G),
Calcasieu Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Southwest
Bayou
(A),
Deep Bayou
(B),
Starks Bayou
(C),
Sabine River
(D),
Double Island Gully
(E),
Catfish Bayou
(F),
Latania Bayou
(G),
Bois Connine, Bayou
(H),
Duhon Bayou
(I)
Parks in Cameron Parish include: Lacassine
National Wildlife Refuge
(1),
Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge and Game Preserve
(2),
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
(3)
Post office: Johnsons
Bayou Post Office
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
3.3% | | Louisiana: | 4.4% |
Current college students: 230
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 68.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 7.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 156 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Cameron
Parish: |
1.6% | | Whole
state: | 2.6% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
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- 1995
to March 2000: 62
- 1990
to 1994: 27
- 1985
to 1989: 14
- 1980
to 1984: 18
- 1975
to 1979: 29
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 6
- 1965
to 1969: 0
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Mean travel time to work: 26.3 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 58.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 3,528
- One,
attached: 58
- Two:
64
- 3
or 4: 14
- 5
to 9: 7
- 10
to 19: 7
- Mobile
homes: 1,584
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 74
Housing units in Cameron Parish with a mortgage: 636 (44 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,137 Agriculture
in Cameron Parish
Average size of farms: 608 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $15352
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $17668
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 5.47%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 75.10%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $40752
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 94.38%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 11.31Cameron
Parish historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below Louisiana state average. It is 1.1 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 3 fatalities and 49 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 8/28/1962, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado killed 2 people and injured 30 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males:
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- Construction
(17%)
- Mining
(16%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Other
transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Public
administration (4%)
- Truck
transportation (4%)
- Accommodation
and food services (3%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Educational
services (18%)
- Health
care (12%)
- Food
and beverage stores (9%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (4%)
- Personal
and laundry services (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Fishing
and hunting, and forest and logging workers (7%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (5%)
- Supervisors,
construction and extraction workers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females |
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (10%)
- Cashiers
(6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cooks
and food preparation workers (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Mexico
(56%)
- Vietnam
(17%)
- Greece
(10%)
- Honduras
(4%)
- Jamaica
(4%)
- Canada
(4%)
- Cuba
(3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Cameron Parish:
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- United
States or American (26%)
- French
(except Basque) (23%)
- French
Canadian (13%)
- Acadian/Cajun
(11%)
- Irish
(3%)
- German
(3%)
- English
(3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 3,251 (80%)
- Carpooled:
578 (14%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Walked:
57 (1%)
- Other
means: 56 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 124 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Cameron Parish, Louisiana
- 23
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 20
people in other workers' dormitories
- 13
people in nursing homes
- 5
people in other group homes
- 4
people in religious group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $43,208.
5.30% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,929 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.30% | | Louisiana
average: | 8.89% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.04% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($24,262 average AGI)
1.26% relocated from other states ($10,667 average AGI)
| Cameron
Parish: |
1.26% | | Louisiana
average: | 2.22% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Calcasieu Parish, LA
|
2.69% ($33,000 average AGI) |
22.41% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,497 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
22.41% | | Louisiana
average: |
13.45% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
17.90% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($31,017 average AGI)
4.52% relocated to other states ($5,480 average AGI)
| Cameron
Parish: |
4.52% | | Louisiana
average: | 7.16% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Calcasieu Parish, LA
|
12.10% ($43,575 average AGI) |
| to
Jefferson County, TX
|
1.14% ($19,091) |
| to
Beauregard Parish, LA
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1.07% ($35,452) |
| to
Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
|
1.03% ($37,533) |
| to
Acadia Parish, LA
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0.66% ($24,211) |
| to
Vermilion Parish, LA
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0.62% ($16,000) |
| to
Allen Parish, LA
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0.34% ($40,900) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.6
Births
per 1000 population in Cameron Parish
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Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 7.2
Deaths
per 1000 population in Cameron Parish |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 2.1
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Cameron Parish |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 900 (774 aged, 126 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 9,926
- In
family households: 8,885 (2,179 male householders, 524 female householders)
2,234
spouses, 3,243 children (2,861 natural, 80 adopted, 302 stepchildren), 281 grandchildren, 83 brothers or sisters, 61 parents, 117 other relatives, 163 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 1,041 (472 male householders (349 living alone)), 417 female householders (407 living alone)), 152 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 65 (54 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 976 2-persons, 652 3-persons, 631 4-persons, 300 5-persons, 124 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 756 1-person, 119 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 7 5-persons.
2,122 married couples with children.
417 single-parent households (115 men, 302 women).
85.6% of residents of Cameron Parish speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
12.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (13% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 43% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $37,218,000 ($3844 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,093,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $13,103,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $9,296,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,402,000
Federal grants: $7,027,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,294,000 ($1,743,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,097,000 ($67,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,328,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $599,000
Federal Government insurance: $145,126,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 521
| Here: |
55 per 1000 residents | | State: | 78
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 431
| Here: |
45 per 1000 residents | | State: | 49
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +54
| Here: |
+6 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+4 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -557
| Here: |
-58 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-20 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Cameron Parish |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.21 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 148
- 1995
to 1998: 491
- 1990
to 1994: 221
- 1980
to 1989: 815
- 1970
to 1979: 1,262
- 1960
to 1969: 792
- 1950
to 1959: 1,016
- 1940
to 1949: 284
- 1939
or earlier: 307
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Cameron Parish, Louisiana:
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- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 109
- 3
rooms: 197
- 4
rooms: 555
- 5
rooms: 809
- 6
rooms: 630
- 7
rooms: 425
- 8
rooms: 182
- 9
or more rooms: 154
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Cameron Parish, Louisiana: |
- 1
room: 7
- 2
rooms: 38
- 3
rooms: 79
- 4
rooms: 179
- 5
rooms: 158
- 6
rooms: 51
- 7
rooms: 0
- 8
rooms: 5
- 9
or more rooms: 14
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cameron Parish: |
- no
bedroom: 9
- 1
bedroom: 202
- 2
bedrooms: 849
- 3
bedrooms: 1,607
- 4
bedrooms: 335
- 5
or more bedrooms: 59
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Cameron Parish: |
- no
bedroom: 7
- 1
bedroom: 59
- 2
bedrooms: 279
- 3
bedrooms: 167
- 4
bedrooms: 19
- 5
or more bedrooms: 0
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Cameron Parish in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 159
- 1
vehicle: 971
- 2
vehicles: 1,452
- 3
vehicles: 390
- 4
vehicles: 68
- 5
or more vehicles: 21
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Cameron Parish in renter-occupied apartments
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- no
vehicle: 77
- 1
vehicle: 299
- 2
vehicles: 119
- 3
vehicles: 30
- 4
vehicles: 6
- 5
or more vehicles: 0
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69% of Cameron Parish residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Louisiana.
| Cameron
Parish: |
69.2% | | State
average: |
59.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 8296
- Northeast:
47
- Midwest:
167
- South:
1175
- West:
121
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,800 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Electricity
(47%)
- Utility
gas (35%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Wood
(1%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Electricity
(44%)
- Utility
gas (31%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (19%)
- No
fuel used (2%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 55
| Here: |
4.1% | | Louisiana: | 17.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: |
4.7% | | Louisiana: | 15.5% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 11
| Here: |
5.4% | | Louisiana: | 16.8% |
Cameron
Parish government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $466,000
- Charges
- All Other: $940,000
Parks & Recreation: $237,000
Sewerage: $221,000
- Construction
- Regular Highways: $1,265,000
Water Utilities: $538,000
Parks & Recreation: $198,000
Sewerage: $112,000
Natural Resources - Other: $70,000
- Current
Operations - Health Services - Other: $2,862,000
Regular Highways: $2,688,000
Police Protection: $2,111,000
Water Utilities: $1,709,000
Corrections - Other: $1,265,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,239,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,238,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,063,000
Financial Administration: $997,000
Libraries: $701,000
Central Staff Services: $559,000
General - Other: $467,000
Natural Resources - Other: $402,000
Fire Protection: $356,000
General Public Buildings: $344,000
Own Hospitals: $274,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $190,000
Sewerage: $176,000
Welfare - Other: $116,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $210,000
Water Utilities: $109,000
General Support: $59,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $247,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Natural Resources: $4,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - All Other: $187,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $846,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $4,654,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $417,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $4,391,000
Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $630,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $680,000
Water Utilities: $216,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $451,000
Interest Earnings: $223,000
Rents: $16,000
Property Sale Other: $10,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Health - Other: $622,000
Fire Protection: $597,000
General - Other: $336,000
Libraries: $230,000
Solid Waste Management: $85,000
Police Protection: $75,000
Corrections - Other: $46,000
Parks & Recreation: $42,000
Natural Resource - Other: $22,000
Financial Administration: $15,000
Judicial: $14,000
Water Utilities: $11,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $8,000
Central Staff: $3,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $18,363,000
- Revenue
- Water Utilities: $1,458,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $641,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Highways: $2,739,000
General Support: $1,032,000
All Other: $764,000
Public Welfare: $57,000
Water Utilities: $3,000
- Tax
- Property: $14,391,000
NEC: $322,000
Public Utilities: $105,000
Other Selective Sales: $13,000
Total General Sales: $6,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $7,977,000
- Water
Utilities - Interest on Debt: $32,000
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