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

Jefferson Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Foreign born residents

Jefferson Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Asian

Jefferson Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Jefferson Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales

Jefferson Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Jefferson Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

Jefferson Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Households

Jefferson Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Housing units

Jefferson Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Jefferson Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Size Demographics
	Jefferson Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	433,676	2nd	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	295.6	57th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,463.1	2nd	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	45th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.2%	57th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.4%	26th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	83.0%	14th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.3%	6th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	66.7%	35th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	27.0%	40th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	17th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	4.1%	1st	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	11th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	17th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	1st	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	55.1%	47th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.4%	19th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	11.1%	1st	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	190,182	2nd	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	29.1%	3rd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	165,404	2nd	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	63.9%	54th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$176,700	4th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	41st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	186	15th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$26,528	5th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$48,374	14th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.1%	51st	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	11,697	2nd	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	179,200	2nd	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	45,343	1st	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$8,106,201	1st	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,409	2nd	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$982,943	3rd	$9,729,869	$613,795,732