Ouachita Parish, Louisiana (LA)

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• • 89,01557.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 58,11337.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,6052.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,7011.1%Two or more races
  • 1,5771.0%Asian alone
  • 5760.4%Some other race alone
  • 2490.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $215,967

Here:	$215,967
State:	$234,504

Townhouses or other attached units: $152,449

Here:	$152,449
State:	$226,343

In 2-unit structures: $304,153

Here:	$304,153
State:	$275,238

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $112,015

Here:	$112,015
State:	$240,231

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $393,549

Here:	$393,549
State:	$228,797

Mobile homes: $69,428

Here:	$69,428
State:	$69,208

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $99,010

Here:	$99,010
State:	$25,567

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 4
• Rapes: 21
• Robberies: 30
• Assaults: 168
• Burglaries: 740
• Thefts: 1425
• Auto thefts: 88

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 3
• Rapes: 23
• Robberies: 23
• Assaults: 215
• Burglaries: 788
• Thefts: 1420
• Auto thefts: 77

Health of residents in Ouachita Parish based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $814 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $453 (0.3%)

Area name: Monroe, LA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Ouachita Parish is $416 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $517 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $686 a month.

Cities in this county include: Monroe, West Monroe, Claiborne, Brownsville-Bawcomville, Brownsville, Swartz, Bawcomville, Richwood, Lakeshore, Sterlington.

2018 air pollution in Ouachita Parish:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.024 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Below U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Bienville Parish , Choctaw County, Alabama , Jackson Parish , Issaquena County, Mississippi , Erath County, Texas , Kaufman County, Texas , Upshur County, Texas , Van Zandt County, Texas .

Current college students: 10,363
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 26.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,607 (54.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,1002010 or later
• 7942000 to 2009
• 3571990 to 1999
• 3301980 to 1989
• 2501970 to 1979
• 426Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 92.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 45,193
• One, attached: 1,123
• Two: 2,467
• 3 or 4: 4,678
• 5 to 9: 4,343
• 10 to 19: 836
• 20 to 49: 1,072
• 50 or more: 640
• Mobile homes: 9,034
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 90

Housing units in Ouachita Parish with a mortgage: 15,495 (497 second mortgage, 788 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17,716

Religion statistics for Ouachita Parish

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Ouachita Parish:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Louisiana Hurricane Delta, Incident Period: October 6, 2020 - October 10, 2020, FEMA Id: 4570, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Laura, Incident Period: August 22, 2020 - August 27, 2020, FEMA Id: 4559, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4484-LA: March 24, 2020, FEMA Id: 4484, Natural disaster type: Other
• Louisiana Flooding, Incident Period: May 10, 2019 - July 24, 2019, FEMA Id: 4462, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Louisiana Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 08, 2016 to April 08, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4263: March 13, 2016, FEMA Id: 4263, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Louisiana Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: October 29, 2009 to November 03, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1863: December 10, 2009, FEMA Id: 1863, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Louisiana Hurricane Gustav, Incident Period: September 01, 2008 to September 11, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1786: September 02, 2008, FEMA Id: 1786, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 23, 2005 to November 01, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1607: September 24, 2005, FEMA Id: 1607, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Rita, Incident Period: September 20, 2005 to November 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3260: September 21, 2005, FEMA Id: 3260, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Louisiana Hurricane Katrina, Incident Period: August 26, 2005 to November 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3212: August 27, 2005, FEMA Id: 3212, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 13 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.83% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($44,826 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.77% relocated from other counties in Louisiana ($24,019 average AGI)
2.06% relocated from other states ($20,808 average AGI)

Ouachita Parish:	2.06%
Louisiana average:	2.30%

from Morehouse Parish, LA	0.33% ($42,475 average AGI)
from Union Parish, LA	0.27% ($45,694)
from Lincoln Parish, LA	0.27% ($37,203)
from Richland Parish, LA	0.27% ($38,818)
from Caddo Parish, LA	0.15% ($39,854)
from East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	0.14% ($48,605)
from Franklin Parish, LA	0.13% ($37,535)

5.53% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($44,821 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.73% relocated to other counties in Louisiana ($20,049 average AGI)
2.80% relocated to other states ($24,772 average AGI)

Ouachita Parish:	2.80%
Louisiana average:	2.61%

to Union Parish, LA	0.33% ($51,670 average AGI)
to Dallas County, TX	0.32% ($31,605)
to Richland Parish, LA	0.25% ($27,794)
to Lincoln Parish, LA	0.23% ($43,837)
to Morehouse Parish, LA	0.22% ($43,711)
to Caddo Parish, LA	0.22% ($30,906)
to East Baton Rouge Parish, LA	0.20% ($35,500)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.6
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 14.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 12.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Ouachita Parish

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 18%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 26,168 (7,860 living alone), Female householders: 31,667 (11,459 living alone)

• 22,174 spouses (22,174 opposite-sex spouses), 4,028 unmarried partners, (4,028 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 46,286 children (41,569 natural, 2,015 adopted, 2,702 stepchildren), 5,340 grandchildren, 1,676 brothers or sisters, 2,206 parents, 0 foster children, 2,865 other relatives, 3,122 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 7,747

Size of family households: 17,509 2-persons, 7,488 3-persons, 5,057 4-persons, 3,089 5-persons, 742 6-persons, 931 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 19,319 1-person, 3,527 2-persons, 136 3-persons, 37 4-persons.

17,851 married couples with children.
15,017 single-parent households (3,082 men, 11,935 women).

96.5% of residents of Ouachita speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $797,940,000 ($5,379 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $31,291,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $307,834,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $228,805,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,462,000
Federal grants: $197,709,000
Federal procurement contracts: $14,924,000 ($7,353,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $39,206,000 ($9,635,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,259,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $34,504,000
Federal Government insurance: $470,768,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-28 per 1000 residents
State:	-20 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 22.84 millions of gallons per day (47% from ground, 53% from surface)

• Year house built in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
• 3,5132014 or later
• 1,8992010 to 2013
• 10,8252000 to 2009
• 10,3501990 to 1999
• 9,4701980 to 1989
• 15,2651970 to 1979
• 7,7351960 to 1969
• 6,4291950 to 1959
• 2,1881940 to 1949
• 1,8021939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
• 671 room
• 402 rooms
• 3733 rooms
• 2,2194 rooms
• 6,5405 rooms
• 9,8686 rooms
• 6,6697 rooms
• 3,5618 rooms
• 3,8749+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
• 1,1731 room
• 4652 rooms
• 3,6533 rooms
• 5,8964 rooms
• 6,8525 rooms
• 4,6976 rooms
• 1,0307 rooms
• 4278 rooms
• 4319+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
• 67no bedroom
• 1411 bedroom
• 3,9132 bedrooms
• 20,2543 bedrooms
• 7,2304 bedrooms
• 1,6065+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
• 1,230no bedroom
• 4,7161 bedroom
• 7,7912 bedrooms
• 7,9193 bedrooms
• 2,8754 bedrooms
• 935+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ouachita Parish in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,537no vehicle
• 8,9301 vehicle
• 14,6702 vehicles
• 6,2283 vehicles
• 1,5484 vehicles
• 2985+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ouachita Parish in renter-occupied apartments
• 5,088no vehicle
• 13,3201 vehicle
• 5,0312 vehicles
• 1,0703 vehicles
• 944 vehicles
• 215+ vehicles

87.3% of Ouachita Parish residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Louisiana.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 118,472
• Other state: 28,905
• Northeast: 802
• Midwest: 3,964
• South: 20,252
• West: 3,887

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 5,681
• Number of aged recipients: 561
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 5,120
• Number of recipients under 18: 1,284
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 3,310
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,087
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,773
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 2,493

Ouachita Parish on our top lists:

• #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #26 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #31 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #52 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #58 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #66 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the worst general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #101 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"