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

Rapides Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Rapides Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

Rapides Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Households

Rapides Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Housing units

Rapides Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Rapides Parish is 10th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Rapides Parish is 10th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales

Rapides Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Rapides Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Rapides Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Rapides Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	132,373	9th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,318.0	2nd	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	99.9	17th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Rapides Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	20th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.6%	18th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.2%	29th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Rapides Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.8%	18th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	18.5%	15th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Rapides Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	64.1%	37th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	32.1%	29th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.9%	14th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.3%	14th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	60th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	14th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	26th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	61.9%	36th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Rapides Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.7%	13th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.3%	22nd	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Rapides Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	55,857	9th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	15.3%	12th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	47,418	9th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.2%	52nd	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$113,500	23rd	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	25th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	447	11th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Rapides Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$21,959	23rd	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$40,470	27th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	18.8%	34th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Rapides Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	3,216	9th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	46,766	10th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	9,586	12th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,910,244	10th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,369	11th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$0	64th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732