Minden, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Minden is 5th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Minden is 17th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Female residents

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Minden	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	12,992	26th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	15.0	25th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	874.1	84th	104.9	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Minden	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	74th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.9%	68th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.2%	5th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Minden	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.3%	75th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.1%	63rd	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Minden	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	46.2%	78th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	51.7%	26th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	89th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	97th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	100th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	85th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	97th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	75th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Minden	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	53.9%	17th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.2%	80th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Minden	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	5,832	35th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.4%	48th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	5,296	32nd	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	57.4%	80th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$85,700	90th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	92nd	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Minden	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$18,239	86th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$27,572	96th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	26.1%	23rd	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Minden	Rank	Louisiana	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,089	43rd	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$304,295	30th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$23,536	25th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$20,569	39th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732

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