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

Bossier Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Bossier Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Bossier Parish is 3rd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Bossier Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Bossier Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Bossier Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Bossier Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Two or More

Bossier Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per capita

Bossier Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Foreign born residents

Bossier Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per household

Size Demographics
	Bossier Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	122,197	12th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	840.1	17th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	139.3	14th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Bossier Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	8th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.3%	21st	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.3%	48th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Bossier Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.6%	2nd	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	22.8%	8th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Bossier Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	74.1%	16th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	21.2%	47th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	22nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.8%	10th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.2%	3rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	6th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	4th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	68.9%	17th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Bossier Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	50.6%	38th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.8%	8th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Bossier Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	50,369	12th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.9%	9th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	43,962	11th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.4%	51st	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$138,600	13th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	43rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,273	1st	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Bossier Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$26,248	7th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$51,771	8th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.9%	56th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Bossier Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,430	11th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	36,106	11th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,954	13th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,741,931	12th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,991	5th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$711,717	5th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732