St James Parish, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

St James Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home ownership rate

St James Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in People per household

St James Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per household

St James Parish is 8th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Black or African American

St James Parish is 17th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per capita

St James Parish is 19th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	St James Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	21,722	45th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	241.5	61st	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	91.5	22nd	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	St James Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.7%	34th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.8%	28th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.1%	31st	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	St James Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.8%	19th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.3%	51st	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	St James Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	48.9%	57th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	50.0%	8th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	57th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	50th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	54th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.6%	64th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	56th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	47.7%	55th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	St James Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.3%	21st	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.1%	41st	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	St James Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	8,498	48th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.6%	36th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	7,578	46th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	84.3%	2nd	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$114,000	22nd	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.9	2nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	47	35th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	St James Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$23,332	17th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$52,887	7th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.7%	52nd	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	St James Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	324	47th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,556	36th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,375	46th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$162,938	43rd	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,669	40th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$11,979	42nd	$9,729,869	$613,795,732