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

Catahoula Parish is 13th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Catahoula Parish is 15th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home ownership rate

Catahoula Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Size Demographics
	Catahoula Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	10,292	59th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	708.0	26th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	14.7	62nd	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Catahoula Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.3%	49th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.6%	54th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.2%	18th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Catahoula Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	68.0%	62nd	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.2%	57th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Catahoula Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	66.8%	34th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	32.0%	30th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	51st	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.0%	64th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	37th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	57th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	64th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	66.0%	29th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Catahoula Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	47.0%	58th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.5%	53rd	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Catahoula Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	4,795	59th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.8%	61st	18.1%	25.9%
Households	3,750	60th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.7%	15th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$68,000	59th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	46th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2	56th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Catahoula Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$17,245	59th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$37,115	45th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.9%	13th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Catahoula Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	183	57th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,774	58th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	904	54th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$52,651	59th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,037	55th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$4,973	54th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732