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

Franklin Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Franklin Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Franklin Parish is 10th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Franklin Parish is 16th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Franklin Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	Franklin Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	20,561	47th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	624.6	35th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	33.2	43rd	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Franklin Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	9th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.7%	16th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.7%	10th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Franklin Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	68.3%	61st	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.4%	48th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Franklin Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	67.1%	31st	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	31.6%	31st	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	61st	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	57th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	29th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	59th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	62nd	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	66.4%	26th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Franklin Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.4%	18th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.1%	64th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Franklin Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	9,061	45th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.1%	55th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	7,965	44th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.2%	32nd	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$76,200	51st	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	60th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	20	48th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Franklin Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$19,737	42nd	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$34,105	51st	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	28.1%	7th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Franklin Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	398	41st	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,126	45th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,383	45th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$215,511	39th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,760	21st	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$14,329	39th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732