Ville Platte, Louisiana Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Ville Platte is 2nd in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Income below poverty line

Ville Platte is 7th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Ville Platte is 9th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Ville Platte is 12th in Louisiana out of 107 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Ville Platte, Louisiana Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Ville Platte	Rank	Louisiana	US
Current population (2012)	7,351	49th	4,601,893	313,914,040
Size in square miles	4.0	84th	43,203.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,849.2	46th	104.9	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Ville Platte	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents younger than 5	8.7%	9th	6.8%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.0%	24th	24.3%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.1%	7th	12.9%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Ville Platte	Rank	Louisiana	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	55.8%	107th	81.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.4%	79th	21.1%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Ville Platte	Rank	Louisiana	US
Race - White	33.8%	92nd	63.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	64.4%	12th	32.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	102nd	0.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	82nd	1.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	69th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	102nd	1.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	104th	4.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	91st	59.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Ville Platte	Rank	Louisiana	US
Female residents	53.5%	23rd	51.1%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.3%	101st	3.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Ville Platte	Rank	Louisiana	US
Housing units	3,472	70th	1,978,848	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.2%	61st	18.1%	25.9%
Households	2,965	72nd	1,675,097	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	45.6%	103rd	67.9%	66.1%
Home median value	$77,700	98th	$135,400	$186,200
People per household	2.5	79th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Ville Platte	Rank	Louisiana	US
Income per capita	$14,926	99th	$23,853	$27,915
Income per household	$22,413	106th	$44,086	$52,762
Income below poverty line	39.0%	2nd	18.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Ville Platte	Rank	Louisiana	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	783	64th	375,808	27,092,908
Retail sales	$156,255	47th	$56,543,203	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$18,942	33rd	$12,921	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$8,609	67th	$9,729,869	$613,795,732

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