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

Avoyelles Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Avoyelles Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Avoyelles Parish is 15th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Two or More

Avoyelles Parish is 17th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Avoyelles Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Avoyelles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	41,632	28th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	832.4	18th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	50.5	32nd	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Avoyelles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	31st	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.0%	40th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.1%	21st	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Avoyelles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	70.2%	58th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	9.6%	61st	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Avoyelles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	67.2%	30th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	29.4%	38th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	8th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	31st	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	41st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	15th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	50th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	66.2%	27th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Avoyelles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	50.0%	45th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	49th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Avoyelles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	18,081	28th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.0%	33rd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	15,801	27th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.4%	43rd	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$85,000	37th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	62nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	59	30th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Avoyelles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$17,497	57th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$32,321	53rd	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.9%	17th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Avoyelles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	735	26th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	8,689	31st	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,686	29th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$310,858	32nd	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,367	43rd	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$174,653	11th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732