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

Lafourche Parish is 3rd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Lafourche Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Lafourche Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Lafourche Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White

Lafourche Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Two or More

Lafourche Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lafourche Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per capita

Lafourche Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per household

Lafourche Parish is 13th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Lafourche Parish is 13th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in People per household

Size Demographics
	Lafourche Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	97,029	15th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,068.2	8th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	90.2	25th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lafourche Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	30th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.0%	41st	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.2%	38th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lafourche Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.3%	51st	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.8%	23rd	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lafourche Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	81.1%	9th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	13.4%	60th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	2.9%	3rd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.8%	21st	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	8th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	11th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	15th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	77.6%	11th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lafourche Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	50.8%	32nd	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.5%	20th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lafourche Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	38,894	15th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.0%	31st	18.1%	25.9%
Households	34,474	15th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	78.1%	18th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$120,200	17th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	13th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	288	13th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Lafourche Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$24,324	12th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$49,262	12th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.5%	48th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lafourche Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	1,867	14th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	28,269	15th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,950	15th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$917,511	16th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,878	26th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$106,618	14th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732