A closer demographic and statistical look at the 5 areas and their changes over time drawing from census data.

1. APPENDIX A:
“Trends in EBRP Food Deserts”
EBR Food Access Policy Commission
Interim Report
October 2013
Kelsey Dean Griffith, M.P.H.
Stephanie Broyles, Ph.D.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center

2. Katy Drazba, MPH & Stephanie Broyles, PhD; Pennington Biomedical
Areas within 1
mile of grocery
store
Low-income
census
tracts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Locations of EBR Food Deserts

3. SCOTLANDVILLE
EBRP Food Desert 1
2010 Census Tracts 1, 30, 31.01, 31.03, 33, 42.03
Indicators
Year
Trend
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Population 24,687 29,363 30,847 24,989 23,633 23,393 Stable
Population Density 733 877 1080 875 796 818 Stable
% Poverty - 21.41% 27.28% 40.48% 36.22% 38.61% Increase
% African American 62.95% 75.74% 86.88% 89.46% 90.43% 89.91% Increase then
Stable
% Vacant - 7.37% 7.99% 14.84% 11.71% 12.97% Increase
Relative HH Income - - 64.67% 51.10% 56.77% 48.29% Decrease

4. Scotlandville: Population Density
1960 1970 1980
1990 2000 2010
Trend: No large changes in population density

5. Scotlandville: Percent African American
1960 1970 1980
1990 2000 2010
Trend: Area has continued to
have a majority African
American population

6. Scotlandville: Percent Poverty
1970 1980
2000
1990
2010
Trend: Area appears to have
increased percent poverty

7. Scotlandville: Relative Household Income
1980 1990
2000 2010
Trend: Area has had the same, or slightly
decreased, relative household income in
comparison with the rest of the parish

8. 1980 1990
2000
1970
Scotlandville: Percent Vacant Households
2010
Trend: Area has an increased
percentage of vacant households.

9. DOWNTOWN/OLD SOUTH
EBRP Food Desert 2
2010 Census Tracts 22, 24, 25, 51, 52, 53
Indicators
Year
Trend
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Population 40,478 24,203 21,167 15,300 14,025 14,629 Decrease
Population Density 6674 5273 6102 4411 4785 2804 Decrease
% Poverty - 24.34% 39.10% 48.26% 41.27% 38.67% Increase,
then Stable
% African American 59.21% 60.10% 74.87% 79.39% 72.71% 70.41% Increase,
then Stable
% Vacant - 9.35% 9.37% 25.64% 15.51% 23.57% Increase
Relative HH Income - - 39.58% 35.38% 41.29% 49.99% Increase

10. Downtown / Old South: Population Density
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Downtown / Old South: Percent African American
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Trend: Area has become much less
dense
Trend: Area has an increased
percentage of African Americans

11. Downtown / Old South: Percent Poverty
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Downtown / Old South: Relative Household Income
1980 1990 2000 2010
Trend: Area has an increased
percentage of poverty
Trend: Area has had roughly the
same relative household income

12. Downtown / Old South: Percent Vacant Households
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Trend: Area has had a fluctuation in
the number of vacant households

13. NORTH FOREST/RED OAKS
EBRP Food Desert 6 – 2010 Census Tracts 36.03 + 36.04
Indicators
Year
Trend
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Population 2,474 8,007 9,437 8,516 9,179 9,363 Increase,
then Stable
Population Density 864 4058 4782 4316 4584 4751 Increase,
then Stable
% Poverty - 3.02% 8.69% 18.84% 29.83% 38.32% Increase
% African American 0.55% 0.20% 1.91% 22.08% 54.05% 74.00% Increase
% Vacant - 14.35% 9.59% 12.98% 6.42% 13.53% Stable
Relative HH Income - - 98.29% 85.09% 64.64% 53.71% Decrease

14. North Forest / Red Oaks:
Population Density
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
North Forest / Red Oaks:
Percent African American
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Trend: Area
has
gradually
increased
population
density
Trend: Area
jumps up in
percent of
African
Americans in
2000.

15. North Forest / Red Oaks: Percent Poverty
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
North Forest / Red Oaks:
Relative Household Income
1980
1990
2000
2010
Trend: Area
increased in
percentage of
poverty
starting in
1990.
Trend: Area is
poorer relative
to the rest of
the parish,
more so from
2000 onwards.

16. North Forest / Red Oaks:
Percent Vacant Households1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Trend: Area has had a fluctuation
of vacant households