West Carroll Parish, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

West Carroll Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

West Carroll Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White

West Carroll Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

West Carroll Parish is 15th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Size Demographics
	West Carroll Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	11,512	57th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	359.6	55th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	32.3	44th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	West Carroll Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	42nd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.2%	39th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.5%	5th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	West Carroll Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	72.1%	54th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	7.8%	64th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	West Carroll Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	81.8%	6th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	16.2%	55th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	26th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	44th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	46th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	35th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	27th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	79.7%	6th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	West Carroll Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	49.9%	46th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	32nd	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	West Carroll Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	5,031	57th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	3.0%	59th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	4,070	57th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	72.4%	34th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$76,200	50th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	26th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	58th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	West Carroll Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$17,292	58th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$30,446	59th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	25.5%	15th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	West Carroll Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	182	58th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,760	59th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	812	59th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$67,722	56th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,905	50th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$4,096	55th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732