The population of Washington Parish is estimated at 46,424. In 2017 there were 631 births and 603 deaths in Washington Parish . Washington Parish has 6,554 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 6,910 that are owned free and clear and 4,649 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Washington Parish filed 16,480 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.8% of all Louisiana filings and 0.011% of the entire nation. Washington Parish had a combined total federal tax liability of $98,848,000 on earned income of $666,487,000. Other notable statistics from Washington Parish were 470 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,775,000 and 2,440 charitable contributions valued at $13,647,000. 1,760 filings from Washington Parish paid a combined total of $2,027,000 in property taxes and 1,800 filings paid $10,863,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Washington Parish had 109 religious congregations with an estimated 27,273 members.
12.2% of the Washington Parish population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 23.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 40% of Washington Parish voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 522 votes.
At $37,792 the median income is 81.7% of the Louisiana average. An estimated 979 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Washington Parish, the equivalant of around 5.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Washington Parish .
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,309	Health care and social assistance
1,152	Retail trade
1,027	Manufacturing
713	Accommodation and food services
679	Food services and drinking places
662	Restaurants and other eating places
516	Limited-service restaurants
481	Individual and family services
409	Ambulatory health care services
376	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
332	Finance and insurance
252	Credit intermediation and related activities
237	Grocery stores
237	Food and beverage stores
233	Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities

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