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

Richland Parish is 9th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Female residents

Richland Parish is 18th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Richland Parish is 20th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Size Demographics
	Richland Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	20,921	46th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	559.0	43rd	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	37.1	39th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Richland Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	27th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.5%	20th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.6%	24th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Richland Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.6%	50th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.2%	37th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Richland Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	62.8%	39th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	35.6%	25th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	36th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	39th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	58th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	52nd	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	43rd	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	61.3%	37th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Richland Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.9%	9th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.4%	57th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Richland Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	8,604	47th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.2%	29th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	7,287	47th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	70.4%	40th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$69,700	58th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	21st	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	33	42nd	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Richland Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$18,066	53rd	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$38,469	39th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	20.4%	26th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Richland Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	411	39th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,237	38th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,570	42nd	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$228,448	37th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,183	18th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$14,610	38th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732