Ascension Parish is the richest parish in Louisiana. Gonzales is the largest city located within this parish.
  The population of Ascension Parish is estimated at 121,488. In 2017 there were 1,665 births and 857 deaths in Ascension Parish . Ascension Parish has 21,695 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 8,847 that are owned free and clear and 7,248 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Ascension Parish filed 52,500 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 2.7% of all Louisiana filings and 0.035% of the entire nation. Ascension Parish had a combined total federal tax liability of $613,735,000 on earned income of $3,826,613,000. Other notable statistics from Ascension Parish were 1,320 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,253,000 and 14,750 charitable contributions valued at $75,399,000. 13,800 filings from Ascension Parish paid a combined total of $24,966,000 in property taxes and 15,230 filings paid $116,822,000 on mortgage interest costs.

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27.6% of the Ascension Parish population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 45% of Ascension Parish voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 3,607 votes.
At $72,154 the median income is 155.9% of the Louisiana average. An estimated 2,663 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Ascension Parish, the equivalant of around 4.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Ascension Parish .
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
5,491	Retail trade
4,518	Manufacturing
3,325	Chemical manufacturing
3,300	Health care and social assistance
3,211	Accommodation and food services
2,867	Food services and drinking places
2,692	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,675	Restaurants and other eating places
2,423	Administrative and support services
1,970	Basic chemical manufacturing
1,667	Wholesale trade
1,605	Services to buildings and dwellings
1,560	Limited-service restaurants
1,405	Other basic organic chemical manufacturing
1,305	Transportation and warehousing

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