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

Union Parish is 4th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Union Parish is 7th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Union Parish is 10th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Home ownership rate

Union Parish is 13th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Size in square miles

Union Parish is 14th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Union Parish is 19th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Income below poverty line

Union Parish is 20th in Louisiana out of 64 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Union Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	22,419	43rd	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	877.0	13th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	25.9	53rd	104.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Union Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	6.3%	47th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	53rd	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.6%	4th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Union Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	79.3%	30th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.7%	33rd	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Union Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	71.7%	20th	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	27.0%	41st	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	30th	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	61st	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	7th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.7%	62nd	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	14th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	68.0%	21st	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Union Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	50.9%	30th	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.9%	26th	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Union Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	11,259	38th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	5.9%	44th	18.1%	25.9%
Households	8,344	41st	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	79.6%	10th	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$79,000	45th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.7	24th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	27	45th	13,018	829,658

Income Demographics
	Union Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$20,273	38th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$37,426	41st	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	23.0%	19th	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Union Parish	Rank	Louisiana	US
Non-farm private establishments	334	45th	103,216	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,055	46th	1,617,229	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,453	44th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$148,072	44th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,521	48th	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$10,217	46th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732