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

Tangipahoa Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Tangipahoa Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Tangipahoa Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Tangipahoa Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

Tangipahoa Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Housing units

Tangipahoa Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales

Tangipahoa Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home median value

Tangipahoa Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Households

Tangipahoa Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Tangipahoa Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Tangipahoa Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	123,441	11th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	791.3	21st	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	153	13th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Tangipahoa Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.2%	15th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.0%	25th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.2%	49th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Tangipahoa Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.9%	25th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.8%	12th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Tangipahoa Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	67.4%	29th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	30.3%	35th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	31st	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	26th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	19th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	27th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	18th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	64.2%	34th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Tangipahoa Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.5%	14th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.1%	24th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Tangipahoa Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	50,793	11th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.3%	14th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	43,518	12th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	68.2%	48th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$140,000	12th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	19th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	587	8th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Tangipahoa Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$20,750	34th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$40,214	30th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.1%	20th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Tangipahoa Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,261	12th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	33,304	12th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	11,255	9th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,742,378	11th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,059	8th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$164,632	12th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732