St Charles Parish, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

St Charles Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home ownership rate

St Charles Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per household

St Charles Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home median value

St Charles Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

St Charles Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per capita

St Charles Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in People per household

St Charles Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

St Charles Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

St Charles Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 18

St Charles Parish is 13th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Foreign born residents

Size Demographics
	St Charles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	52,681	23rd	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	279.1	59th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	189.1	11th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	St Charles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	39th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.0%	12th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.7%	61st	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	St Charles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.4%	5th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.5%	13th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	St Charles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	70.7%	23rd	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	26.6%	42nd	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	35th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.0%	20th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	56th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.4%	22nd	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	7th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	66.0%	30th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	St Charles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	50.5%	39th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.1%	13th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	St Charles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	19,986	24th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.8%	22nd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	18,569	22nd	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	83.3%	4th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$175,200	5th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.8	7th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	98	25th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	St Charles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$26,400	6th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$60,207	4th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.9%	58th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	St Charles Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	942	22nd	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	20,632	18th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,404	20th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$389,164	26th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,492	42nd	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$40,093	26th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732