West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

West Baton Rouge Parish is 10th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per household

West Baton Rouge Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

West Baton Rouge Parish is 14th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home median value

West Baton Rouge Parish is 16th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

West Baton Rouge Parish is 16th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per capita

West Baton Rouge Parish is 16th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

West Baton Rouge Parish is 17th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

West Baton Rouge Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

West Baton Rouge Parish is 20th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	West Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	24,106	39th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	192.4	63rd	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	123.6	16th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	West Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	7.0%	21st	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.6%	31st	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.6%	56th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	West Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.1%	17th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	17.0%	18th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	West Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	60.6%	43rd	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	37.6%	22nd	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	56th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	30th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	47th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	36th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	24th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	58.2%	41st	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	West Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	50.8%	34th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	33rd	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	West Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	9,392	43rd	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.3%	25th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	8,510	40th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.8%	35th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$132,000	14th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	20th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	172	16th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	West Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$23,404	16th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$49,929	10th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.2%	50th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	West Baton Rouge Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	514	36th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	10,451	27th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,937	37th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$319,730	29th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$14,125	12th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$35,180	29th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732