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

Bienville Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Bienville Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Female residents

Bienville Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Bienville Parish is 15th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Bienville Parish is 19th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Bienville Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	14,076	55th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	811.3	19th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	17.7	60th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Bienville Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	5.5%	62nd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.0%	49th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.6%	2nd	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Bienville Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.5%	27th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.6%	27th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Bienville Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	56.0%	48th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	42.0%	15th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	43rd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	48th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	40th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	21st	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	49th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	54.9%	48th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Bienville Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.8%	11th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.2%	63rd	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Bienville Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	7,670	52nd	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.0%	32nd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	5,571	52nd	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.5%	23rd	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$55,600	63rd	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	49th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	63rd	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Bienville Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$18,691	49th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$30,594	57th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	26.4%	12th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Bienville Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	241	53rd	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	3,184	49th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	951	53rd	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$58,735	58th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,947	61st	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$6,558	51st	$9,729,869	$613,795,732