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

Allen Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Allen Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Foreign born residents

Allen Parish is 14th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Allen Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Two or More

Allen Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Allen Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	25,539	37th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	761.9	23rd	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	33.8	42nd	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Allen Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	51st	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.4%	55th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.1%	41st	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Allen Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.2%	52nd	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	9.1%	62nd	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Allen Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	71.9%	18th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	23.4%	45th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.5%	4th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	25th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	42nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	18th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	52nd	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.7%	14th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Allen Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	43.7%	63rd	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.8%	9th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Allen Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	9,775	41st	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.7%	34th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	8,257	42nd	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.7%	30th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$78,300	47th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	37th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	5	55th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Allen Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$18,287	51st	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$39,007	37th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	16.8%	44th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Allen Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	335	44th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,873	47th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,167	50th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$142,901	45th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,529	51st	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$17,401	37th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732