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

Ascension Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per household

Ascension Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Ascension Parish is 3rd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per capita

Ascension Parish is 3rd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in People per household

Ascension Parish is 3rd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Ascension Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home ownership rate

Ascension Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Ascension Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home median value

Ascension Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Ascension Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	Ascension Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	112,286	13th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	290.0	58th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	369.7	5th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Ascension Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.5%	6th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.1%	1st	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.5%	63rd	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Ascension Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.4%	3rd	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.8%	9th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Ascension Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	74.6%	14th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	22.7%	46th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	44th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	16th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	17th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	44th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	11th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.3%	15th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Ascension Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	50.7%	35th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.9%	18th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Ascension Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	41,702	14th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	6.4%	41st	18.1%	25.9%
Households	36,546	14th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	82.4%	5th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$166,800	6th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.9	3rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	871	7th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Ascension Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$27,756	3rd	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$66,173	1st	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.1%	60th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Ascension Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,986	13th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	31,087	13th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,540	14th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,317,978	13th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,219	13th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$116,260	13th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732