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

Madison Parish is 38th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Madison Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Madison Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Madison Parish is 10th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in People per household

Madison Parish is 16th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Madison Parish is 16th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Madison Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	12,154	56th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	624.4	36th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	19.4	57th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Madison Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	25th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.4%	35th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.0%	51st	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Madison Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.6%	38th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.5%	47th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Madison Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	36.5%	62nd	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	62.2%	2nd	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	60th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	54th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	64th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	51st	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	51st	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	35.3%	62nd	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Madison Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	50.2%	43rd	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.5%	56th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Madison Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	4,772	60th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	12.9%	16th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	3,938	58th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.0%	60th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$70,200	57th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.8	10th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	57	33rd	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Madison Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$14,255	64th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$26,178	63rd	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	32.8%	2nd	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Madison Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	211	54th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,379	55th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	968	52nd	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$142,503	46th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,081	16th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$9,396	47th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732