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

Calcasieu Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Calcasieu Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales

Calcasieu Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

Calcasieu Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Households

Calcasieu Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Housing units

Calcasieu Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Calcasieu Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Calcasieu Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Calcasieu Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Calcasieu Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Calcasieu Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	194,493	7th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,063.7	9th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	181.2	12th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Calcasieu Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	24th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.0%	23rd	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.2%	39th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Calcasieu Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.8%	15th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.1%	14th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Calcasieu Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	71.5%	21st	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	25.1%	44th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	23rd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.2%	15th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	12th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	10th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	25th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	69.2%	16th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Calcasieu Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.2%	23rd	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.2%	23rd	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Calcasieu Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	82,976	7th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	13.8%	15th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	72,061	7th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.1%	38th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$116,500	21st	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	42nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	548	10th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Calcasieu Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$24,013	13th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$43,614	20th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.1%	42nd	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Calcasieu Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,212	7th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	68,049	7th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	13,926	8th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,775,998	6th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,061	7th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$878,553	4th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732