Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Jefferson Davis Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Jefferson Davis Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White

Jefferson Davis Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Jefferson Davis Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Two or More

Jefferson Davis Parish is 16th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Jefferson Davis Parish is 19th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Jefferson Davis Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	31,432	34th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	651.3	31st	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	48.5	34th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson Davis Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	16th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.2%	11th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.8%	22nd	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson Davis Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.8%	37th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.0%	42nd	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson Davis Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	80.2%	11th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	17.2%	53rd	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	21st	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	46th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	24th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	12th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	45th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	78.6%	9th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson Davis Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.1%	26th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.7%	51st	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson Davis Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	13,321	34th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.1%	56th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	11,878	33rd	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.0%	26th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$85,400	36th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	35th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	61	28th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson Davis Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$21,208	29th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$43,585	21st	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.4%	40th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson Davis Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	606	32nd	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,590	35th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,005	36th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$338,794	27th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,916	19th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$26,709	32nd	$9,729,869	$613,795,732