Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Pointe Coupee Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Pointe Coupee Parish is 12th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Female residents

Pointe Coupee Parish is 13th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home ownership rate

Pointe Coupee Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Pointe Coupee Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	22,726	42nd	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	557.4	44th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	40.9	36th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Pointe Coupee Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	53rd	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.7%	44th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.2%	8th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Pointe Coupee Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	77.7%	33rd	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.6%	22nd	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Pointe Coupee Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	62.3%	40th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	36.1%	24th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	59th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	43rd	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	61st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	40th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	35th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	60.5%	38th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Pointe Coupee Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.7%	12th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.9%	27th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Pointe Coupee Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	11,188	39th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.2%	54th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	8,903	38th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.3%	13th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$108,500	25th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	52nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	42	39th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Pointe Coupee Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$22,693	18th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$43,030	24th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.1%	43rd	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Pointe Coupee Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	375	42nd	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,135	44th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,663	40th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$216,342	38th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,638	27th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$14,042	40th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732