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

St Helena Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Black or African American

St Helena Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home ownership rate

St Helena Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

St Helena Parish is 16th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	St Helena Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	11,071	58th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	408.4	51st	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	27.4	52nd	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	St Helena Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.6%	36th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.0%	42nd	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.0%	12th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	St Helena Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.3%	23rd	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	9.9%	59th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	St Helena Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	45.2%	59th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	53.3%	6th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	34th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.1%	63rd	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	55th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	50th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	61st	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	44.4%	59th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	St Helena Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	50.9%	31st	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.5%	52nd	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	St Helena Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	5,130	55th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.8%	60th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	4,142	55th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.4%	11th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$77,100	49th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	28th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	64th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	St Helena Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$17,885	54th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$29,632	60th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	24.3%	16th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	St Helena Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	113	63rd	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,034	63rd	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	769	60th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$35,533	62nd	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$3,358	64th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,653	60th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732