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

Claiborne Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Claiborne Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Claiborne Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Claiborne Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Claiborne Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	16,828	50th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	754.9	24th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	22.8	56th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Claiborne Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	63rd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.6%	63rd	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.9%	9th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Claiborne Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	75.6%	41st	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.7%	46th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Claiborne Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	47.5%	58th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	50.6%	7th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	25th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.5%	32nd	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	36th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	47th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	57th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	46.5%	57th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Claiborne Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	43.7%	62nd	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	47th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Claiborne Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	7,726	50th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.4%	52nd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	5,702	51st	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.1%	29th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$65,900	61st	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	11th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	0	61st	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Claiborne Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$17,654	55th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$32,972	52nd	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	28.0%	8th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Claiborne Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	262	49th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	2,938	51st	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	881	56th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$74,200	54th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$4,516	56th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,251	58th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732