The population of Richland Parish is estimated at 20,452. In 2017 there were 254 births and 243 deaths in Richland Parish . Richland Parish has 2,716 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,621 that are owned free and clear and 2,214 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Richland Parish filed 8,140 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Louisiana filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Richland Parish had a combined total federal tax liability of $56,675,000 on earned income of $364,912,000. Other notable statistics from Richland Parish were 340 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,540,000 and 990 charitable contributions valued at $8,165,000. 800 filings from Richland Parish paid a combined total of $846,000 in property taxes and 770 filings paid $4,769,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Richland Parish had 70 religious congregations with an estimated 12,674 members.
15.4% of the Richland Parish population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 20.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 47% of Richland Parish voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 1,911 votes.
At $36,432 the median income is 78.7% of the Louisiana average. An estimated 511 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Richland Parish, the equivalant of around 6.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Richland Parish .
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,783	Health care and social assistance
904	Manufacturing
715	Retail trade
486	Nursing and residential care facilities
461	Ambulatory health care services
329	Food services and drinking places
329	Restaurants and other eating places
294	Social assistance
283	Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
269	Home health care services
244	Other general merchandise stores
244	General merchandise stores
234	Wholesale trade
209	Limited-service restaurants
191	Finance and insurance

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