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

Tensas Parish is 1st in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Tensas Parish is 3rd in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Tensas Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Tensas Parish is 16th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Female residents

Size Demographics
	Tensas Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	4,954	64th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	602.8	39th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	8.7	63rd	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Tensas Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	55th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.3%	36th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	19.0%	1st	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Tensas Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.6%	45th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.8%	44th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Tensas Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	43.2%	61st	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	55.6%	4th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.1%	64th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	58th	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	51st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.9%	54th	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	55th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	42.0%	60th	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Tensas Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	51.4%	16th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.5%	55th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Tensas Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	3,345	63rd	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.5%	62nd	18.1%	25.9%
Households	2,205	64th	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	62.8%	56th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$66,600	60th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.2	64th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	6	54th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Tensas Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$16,552	61st	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$28,090	62nd	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	32.4%	3rd	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Tensas Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	92	64th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	488	64th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	382	63rd	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$31,767	64th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,498	52nd	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$528	62nd	$9,729,869	$613,795,732