POPULATION LOCATION Jena 2004 Estimate 2,776 LaSalle Parish in Northwest Louisiana LaSalle Parish Distance to Major Cities (in miles) 2004 Estimate – LA Tech 14,159 Atlanta 552 Birmingham 407 2000 Census 14,282 Chicago 913 Cincinnati 863

Region Dallas 338 Denver 1,222 2004 Estimate 301,399 Houston 284 Kansas City 637 2000 Census 301,390 Little Rock 255 Memphis 374 1990 Census 312,253 Monroe 71 Minneapolis 1,314 Nashville 585 New Orleans 230 LABOR MARKET SOURCE: MAP QUEST (WWW.MAPQUEST.COM)

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE TRANSPORTATION Parish 5,856 Highways Region 129,482 U.S. Hwy. 84 and 165 Louisiana 1,960,206

EMPLOYMENT

Parish 5,533 Airports (Distance in miles) Region 118,469 Alexandria International Airport 40 Louisiana 1,745,538 Jena Airport (local)

UNEMPLOYMENT Olla Airport (in parish)

Parish 5.5% Region 8.5% Ports (Distance in miles) Louisiana 11.0% Port of Alexandria (shallow) 40 SOURCE: LA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OCTOBER 2005 Caldwell Parish Port (shallow) 20 Port of Greater Baton Rouge (deep – 45 145 INCOME (*Foreign Trade Zone) LaSalle Parish Total Personal Income (Thousands of dollars)

2002 $274M 2003 $270M Freight Rail LaSalle Parish Per Capita Union Pacific (within the parish) Personal Income

2002 $19,252 2003 $19,082 Median Household (2000): $28,189 (Parish) MAJOR EMPLOYERS (con’t) SOURCE: U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, LaSalle Parish Sheriff’s Dept. BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Hardtner Medical Center MAJOR EMPLOYERS (parish) WalMart Stores

No. of Employees Holloway Sportwear LaSalle Parish School Board Golden Age Nursing Center Louisiana-Pacific Corporation LaSalle Nursing Home LaSalle General Hospital Justiss Oil Company

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AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT BY MAJOR INDUSTRY DIVISION

WAGES

SELECTED OCCUPATIONAL WAGES

LaSalle Parish Region Accountant/Auditor $18.90 Agriculture 4.6% 1.9% Electrical Engineer $21.96 Mining 6.3% 0.6% Systems Analyst $26.26 Utilities 1.1% 0.9% Sales Clerk $8.55 Construction 6.7% 6.9% Stock Clerk $8.39 Manufacturing 1.7% 5.4% Data Entry Keyer $9.65 Wholesale Trade 1.5% 3.4% Bookkeeping/Acct. $11.81 Retail Trade 12.5% 12.5% Labor/Freight Stock $7.50 Trans/Warehouse 4.0% 2.4% Customer Service Rep $10.05 Information 1.4% 1.5% Shipping/Receiving $12.61 Fin & Insurance 3.4% 3.0% Metal Fabricator $14.21 Real Estate 0.7% 1.2% Welder, Cutter, Solder $11.40 Prof/Tech Serv 2.2% 4.2% Equipment Operator $16.86 Mng. of co. * 0.7% Medical Lab $13.06 Admin & Waste 2.9% 4.0% Medical Assistant $8.72 Education Serv * 11.1% Telecomm Repair $11.14 Healthcare/Soc 19.9% 20.8% SOURCE: LA DEPT. OF LABOR, 2004 Arts/Ent/Recr * 2.0% Accomd/Food 5.8% 7.1% EDUCATION (2004) Other Services 2.0% 2.1% Primary & Secondary Enrollment Public Admin. 7.2% 8.2% Public Nonpublic SOURCE: LA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, 1ST QUARTER 2005 Jena Parish 2,699 TAXES (2005) Technical Colleges State 4.0% Parish 2.0% 6 within parish and surrounding parishes City 1.0% Total 7.0% Colleges and Universities SOURCE: LA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE &TAXATION 5 within the parish and surrounding region Property Tax Parish Assessment/$100 UTILITIES & SERVICESAvg. City Assessment/$100 Electricity 1: Entergy; Concordia Electric Coop. Natural Gas 1: Atmos Energy GOVERNMENT Water 2: Jena Mayor/Council Parish: Police Jury Sewerage 2: Jena Fire Protection Rating 2: Class CONTACTS ( 1 Parish Info., 2 City Info.) Entergy Louisiana MEDICAL SERVICES Beds 5353 Essen Lane Suite 120 Hardtner Medical Center 45 Baton Rouge, LA 70809 LaSalle General Hospital 60 (800) 542-2668 Central Louisiana State Hospital 196 www.entergy.com/laed Rapides Regional Medical Center 285 Rev: 3/06 SOURCE: LA DEPT OF HEALTH & HOSPITALS

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