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

Vernon Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Vernon Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Vernon Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Vernon Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Two or More

Vernon Parish is 3rd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Vernon Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Vernon Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Vernon Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Vernon Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Asian

Vernon Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Vernon Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	53,869	20th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,327.9	1st	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	39.4	37th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Vernon Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	8.8%	1st	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.9%	6th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.8%	62nd	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Vernon Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.8%	8th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.2%	16th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Vernon Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	77.9%	13th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	14.7%	57th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.6%	7th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.9%	8th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.4%	1st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.5%	2nd	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	3rd	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	71.0%	13th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Vernon Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	47.9%	56th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.6%	10th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Vernon Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	21,410	22nd	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	23.7%	5th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	18,025	23rd	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	56.3%	62nd	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$87,600	34th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	23rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	156	18th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Vernon Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$21,081	32nd	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$45,292	18th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.0%	55th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Vernon Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	716	28th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	8,811	30th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,321	31st	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$315,686	31st	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,692	47th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$39,827	27th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732