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| Age Group | Male | Female | Louisiana, 2000, Universe: 001 Total population Universe Population: 4,468,976 | ||
| Population | Pct | Population | Pct |  | |
| Total | 2,162,903 | 48.4 | 2,306,073 | 51.6 | |
| 0- 4 | 161,795 | 3.6 | 155,597 | 3.5 | |
| 5- 9 | 172,765 | 3.9 | 164,015 | 3.7 | |
| 10-14 | 177,699 | 4.0 | 170,213 | 3.8 | |
| 15-19 | 184,378 | 4.1 | 181,567 | 4.1 | |
| 20-24 | 161,171 | 3.6 | 164,400 | 3.7 | |
| 25-29 | 145,332 | 3.3 | 150,829 | 3.4 | |
| 30-34 | 149,466 | 3.3 | 155,535 | 3.5 | |
| 35-39 | 166,584 | 3.7 | 176,544 | 4.0 | |
| 40-44 | 170,766 | 3.8 | 178,072 | 4.0 | |
| 45-49 | 153,615 | 3.4 | 162,153 | 3.6 | |
| 50-54 | 131,590 | 2.9 | 138,913 | 3.1 | |
| 55-59 | 99,640 | 2.2 | 109,121 | 2.4 | |
| 60-64 | 79,814 | 1.8 | 90,473 | 2.0 | |
| 65-69 | 66,652 | 1.5 | 81,352 | 1.8 | |
| 70-74 | 58,151 | 1.3 | 76,770 | 1.7 | |
| 75-79 | 42,902 | 1.0 | 63,921 | 1.4 | |
| 80-84 | 24,265 | 0.5 | 44,240 | 1.0 | |
| 85+ | 16,318 | 0.4 | 42,358 | 0.9 | |