Gretna, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Gretna is 5th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Gretna is 6th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Foreign born residents

Gretna is 7th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Gretna is 17th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Gretna is 18th in Louisiana out of 62 other cities in Current population (2012)

Gretna is 20th in Louisiana out of 99 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Gretna	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	17,754	18th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4.0	83rd	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	4,395.5	7th	104.9	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Gretna	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	84th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.7%	98th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.2%	44th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Gretna	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.0%	72nd	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.9%	53rd	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Gretna	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	55.4%	60th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	34.3%	50th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	32nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.7%	22nd	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	99th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.1%	23rd	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	5th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	48.0%	69th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Gretna	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	48.4%	104th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	11.7%	6th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Gretna	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	7,962	23rd	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	29.7%	17th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	7,115	23rd	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	47.4%	101st	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$152,200	37th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.4	99th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Gretna	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$23,086	42nd	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$36,745	75th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	26.6%	22nd	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Gretna	Rank	Louisiana	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,278	20th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$352,774	28th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$21,060	30th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$46,420	28th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732

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