De Soto Parish, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

De Soto Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Female residents

De Soto Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

De Soto Parish is 14th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

De Soto Parish is 19th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Size Demographics
	De Soto Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	26,963	36th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	875.6	14th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	30.4	47th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	De Soto Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.5%	41st	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.5%	33rd	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.2%	19th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	De Soto Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.8%	31st	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.3%	29th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	De Soto Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	59.2%	44th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	38.5%	21st	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.0%	12th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	59th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	34th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	43rd	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	30th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	57.2%	43rd	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	De Soto Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	52.0%	7th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.3%	36th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	De Soto Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	12,378	36th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.1%	30th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	10,326	35th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.9%	21st	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$83,100	40th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	50th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	16	50th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	De Soto Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$21,122	30th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$39,213	35th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.6%	33rd	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	De Soto Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	401	40th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,193	39th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,065	35th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$184,484	41st	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,010	46th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$10,419	45th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732