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

Natchitoches Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Female residents

Natchitoches Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Natchitoches Parish is 6th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Natchitoches Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Two or More

Natchitoches Parish is 10th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Natchitoches Parish is 11th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Natchitoches Parish is 13th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Natchitoches Parish is 17th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Natchitoches Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	39,436	30th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,252.2	4th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	31.6	45th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Natchitoches Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.4%	44th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.6%	45th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.4%	27th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Natchitoches Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	80.7%	22nd	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	21.6%	11th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Natchitoches Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	55.0%	50th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	41.5%	17th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.0%	13th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	28th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	63rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.9%	8th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	44th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	53.7%	49th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Natchitoches Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	52.4%	2nd	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	40th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Natchitoches Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	18,657	27th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	17.5%	10th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	15,044	29th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	61.1%	59th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$94,700	29th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	56th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	43	37th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Natchitoches Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$19,144	45th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$31,830	54th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	28.4%	6th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Natchitoches Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	809	24th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	10,718	25th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	2,853	26th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$413,982	24th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,627	23rd	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$52,432	21st	$9,729,869	$613,795,732