Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 5 - Health Planning
Chapter 103 - Overview of the State
Subchapter B - Population Description
Section I-10305 - Population

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-10305

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. The final population census of Louisiana as of April 1, 1980, was 4,205,991. This represents an increase of 561,334 or 15.4 percent over 1970 census figures. Population growth in the state was faster than expected and exceeded projections for the decade prepared in 1976 by the Division of Business and Economic Research at the University of New Orleans. In this earlier report, the Louisiana population projection for the year 2000 was 4,632,220. Revised projections will undoubtedly increase the year 2000 projection to nearly 5,500,000.

B. Louisiana's estimated population for 1985 is 4,527,545 as released by Vincent Maruggi and Paul Fletes of the University of New Orleans, in Population Projections for 1985. Population and its distribution are vital components of health planning since so many health service need indicators are based on average utilization patterns and prevalence rates which have been noted in defined segments of the general population. A great many of the health planning concepts presented in this document fall into the category of population-based planning. The 1985 population distribution as presented in Table 3.1 is the source of all planning projections which appear in this document, except where otherwise stated.

Table 3.1

Louisiana Population 1980, Percent Change from 1970 and 1990 Projections

1990 Projections

1980

1970

Percent Change from 1970-1980

Louisiana

4,849,038

4,205,971

3,644,637

15.4%

Planning Districts

1. New Orleans

1,331,661

1,171,436

1,008,110

16.2%

2. Capital

721,062

591,384

466,731

26.7%

3. Bayou

331,025

284,708

237,740

19.8%

4. Acadiana

547,825

476,339

469,721

1.4%

5. Southwest

293,849

259,809

226,845

14.5%

6. Cenla

393,875

356,241

287,305

24.0%

7. Northwest

530,544

471,632

488,695

-3.6%

8. Northeast

392,339

358,578

288,043

24.5%

9. Northshore

306,858

235,774

171,447

37.5%

Source: Population Projections for 1985 and 1990:

Vincent Maruggi and Paul Fletes

UNO - June 1983

C. In the decade from 1970 to 1980, the greatest population growth in the state occurred in the Northshore Health Planning District which grew in population by 37.5 percent. This district is composed of St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington Parishes. The next largest increase occurred in the Capital Planning District which grew by 26.7 percent. The Acadiana District experienced the smallest increase in population of 1.4 percent. However, the Northwest District experienced a net loss in population of 3.6 percent, in part, a result of Lincoln parish being moved from the Northwest District into the Northeast District.

1. Projections for 1990 indicate the 1980 to 1990 decade will experience a similar growth in population as experienced in the previous decade (Population Projections to the year 2000). Projections indicate a 15.3 percent overall increase in the state's population. The Northshore district is projected to have the largest growth in population, a 30 percent increase, followed by a 22 percent increase in the Capital district. The Northwest district, which experienced a loss in population in the 1970-1980 decade, is projected to have a 12.5 percent growth in population. The Northeast district is projected to experience the smallest increase in population (9.4 percent).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with P.L. 93-641 as amended by P.L. 96-79, and R.S. 36:256(b).

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