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

Ouachita Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Female residents

Ouachita Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Ouachita Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Ouachita Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

Ouachita Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Households

Ouachita Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Housing units

Ouachita Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Ouachita Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Ouachita Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Ouachita Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales

Size Demographics
	Ouachita Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	155,363	8th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	610.4	38th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	251.8	8th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Ouachita Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	12th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.0%	13th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.8%	46th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Ouachita Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.0%	10th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.2%	7th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Ouachita Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	60.6%	42nd	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	37.0%	23rd	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	53rd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	19th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	62nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	41st	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	38th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	59.1%	40th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Ouachita Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	52.1%	4th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.6%	30th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Ouachita Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	64,689	8th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	18.1%	8th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	56,390	8th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.6%	58th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$116,900	20th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	33rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	586	9th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Ouachita Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$22,470	19th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$39,724	34th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.9%	21st	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Ouachita Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	4,145	8th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	62,418	8th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	14,399	7th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,221,645	8th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,823	9th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$250,288	9th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732