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

Cameron Parish is 8th out of 3,143 other counties in Home ownership rate

Cameron Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home ownership rate

Cameron Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White

Cameron Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Cameron Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per household

Cameron Parish is 3rd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Cameron Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in People per household

Cameron Parish is 10th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per capita

Cameron Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home median value

Cameron Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Cameron Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	6,702	63rd	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,284.9	3rd	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	5.3	64th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Cameron Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	5.8%	58th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.0%	43rd	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.2%	28th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Cameron Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.1%	24th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.4%	35th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Cameron Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	96.5%	1st	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.9%	64th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	18th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	60th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	38th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	55th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	23rd	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	93.7%	1st	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Cameron Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	50.5%	40th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.4%	58th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Cameron Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	3,533	62nd	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	0.6%	64th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	2,461	63rd	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	89.4%	1st	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$118,600	18th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.9	4th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	57	32nd	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Cameron Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$24,649	10th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$61,679	2nd	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	9.5%	63rd	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Cameron Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	157	60th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	1,437	61st	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	815	58th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$36,818	60th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,094	54th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,381	61st	$9,729,869	$613,795,732