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

St Tammany Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per capita

St Tammany Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

St Tammany Parish is 2nd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home median value

St Tammany Parish is 3rd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income per household

St Tammany Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White

St Tammany Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

St Tammany Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

St Tammany Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Current population (2012)

St Tammany Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Households

St Tammany Parish is 5th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	St Tammany Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	239,453	5th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	845.5	16th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	276.4	7th	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	St Tammany Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.1%	54th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	25.0%	24th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.8%	33rd	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	St Tammany Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.4%	1st	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	29.8%	4th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	St Tammany Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	84.5%	4th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	11.8%	62nd	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	19th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.4%	13th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	20th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	16th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	10th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	80.1%	4th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	St Tammany Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.4%	17th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	3.4%	11th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	St Tammany Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	95,734	5th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	11.2%	17th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	86,374	5th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.4%	12th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$201,700	2nd	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.6	30th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	942	6th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	St Tammany Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$30,133	1st	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$61,442	3rd	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	10.1%	62nd	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	St Tammany Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	5,869	6th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	68,857	6th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	23,681	5th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,481,120	5th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,382	6th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$370,687	8th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732