Acadia Parish, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Acadia Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Acadia Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Acadia Parish is 10th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Acadia Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in People per household

Acadia Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White

Acadia Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

Acadia Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Households

Acadia Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Housing units

Acadia Parish is 19th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Acadia Parish is 19th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Acadia Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	61,912	18th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	655.1	30th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	94.3	21st	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Acadia Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.5%	4th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	27.0%	4th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.1%	40th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Acadia Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	70.9%	55th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.6%	54th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Acadia Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	79.9%	12th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	18.3%	51st	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	46th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	40th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	44th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	32nd	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	42nd	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	78.4%	10th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Acadia Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.2%	24th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.0%	43rd	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Acadia Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	25,570	18th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.9%	38th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	22,083	18th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.0%	45th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$90,900	30th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	12th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	145	19th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Acadia Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$19,027	47th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$37,970	40th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.2%	28th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Acadia Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,130	19th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	12,449	22nd	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,289	21st	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$525,956	19th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,808	32nd	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$40,790	25th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732