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

Lincoln Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lincoln Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Lincoln Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Foreign born residents

Lincoln Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Lincoln Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lincoln Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Lincoln Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Asian

Lincoln Parish is 14th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Lincoln Parish is 17th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Lincoln Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Lincoln Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	46,953	24th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	471.7	47th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	99.1	18th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lincoln Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	56th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.8%	62nd	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.7%	52nd	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lincoln Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.3%	6th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.3%	2nd	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lincoln Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	55.2%	49th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	41.4%	18th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	49th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.8%	9th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	6th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	42nd	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	29th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	53.2%	50th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lincoln Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.4%	20th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.8%	5th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lincoln Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	19,651	25th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.1%	4th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	16,594	25th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	55.6%	63rd	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$109,700	24th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	55th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	138	20th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lincoln Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$19,635	43rd	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$34,152	50th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	27.7%	9th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lincoln Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	977	21st	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	14,335	20th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,441	24th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$527,771	18th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,361	14th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$72,490	17th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732