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

Morehouse Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Morehouse Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Female residents

Morehouse Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Morehouse Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Morehouse Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Morehouse Parish is 20th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Morehouse Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	27,559	35th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	794.9	20th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	35.2	40th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Morehouse Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	11th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.7%	30th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.1%	11th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Morehouse Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.1%	44th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.3%	50th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Morehouse Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	50.8%	53rd	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	47.6%	11th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	62nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	34th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	21st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	49th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	63rd	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	50.1%	53rd	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Morehouse Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	52.0%	6th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	62nd	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Morehouse Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	12,331	37th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.3%	28th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	10,264	36th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.1%	44th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$75,900	52nd	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	32nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	24	46th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Morehouse Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$15,842	62nd	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$31,269	55th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	28.4%	5th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Morehouse Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	477	37th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,175	40th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,729	39th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$241,374	35th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,443	34th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$19,773	33rd	$9,729,869	$613,795,732