East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Demographics

East Baton Rouge Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

East Baton Rouge Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Households

East Baton Rouge Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private employees

East Baton Rouge Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

East Baton Rouge Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

East Baton Rouge Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

East Baton Rouge Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales

East Baton Rouge Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

East Baton Rouge Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

East Baton Rouge Parish is 3rd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Size Demographics
	East Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	444,526	1st	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	455.4	48th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	966.6	3rd	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	East Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	38th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.0%	48th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.6%	54th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	East Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.4%	4th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	33.4%	1st	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	East Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	49.5%	55th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	45.9%	13th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	48th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.0%	3rd	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	33rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	33rd	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	17th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	46.3%	58th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	East Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	52.0%	8th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.9%	4th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	East Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	187,711	3rd	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	29.6%	2nd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	167,150	1st	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.8%	57th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$161,600	8th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	48th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,070	3rd	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	East Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$26,714	4th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$46,838	16th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.3%	35th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	East Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	12,173	1st	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	226,445	1st	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	42,945	2nd	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$7,043,044	2nd	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,353	4th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$998,287	2nd	$9,729,869	$613,795,732