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

Assumption Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home ownership rate

Assumption Parish is 16th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Assumption Parish is 17th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per household

Assumption Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in People per household

Assumption Parish is 20th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Assumption Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	23,026	41st	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	338.7	56th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	69.2	29th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Assumption Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	60th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.4%	46th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.6%	23rd	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Assumption Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	70.4%	57th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	8.1%	63rd	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Assumption Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	68.1%	27th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	30.0%	36th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	20th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	49th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	16th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	53rd	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	41st	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	66.5%	25th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Assumption Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.1%	28th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	50th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Assumption Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	10,374	40th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.9%	58th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	8,590	39th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.9%	6th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$89,100	32nd	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	18th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	32	44th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Assumption Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$21,752	25th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$46,699	17th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.0%	37th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Assumption Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	254	51st	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,644	53rd	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,750	38th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$100,015	52nd	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,331	58th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$4,085	56th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732