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Cameron Parish, LA

5,222 Population
1,284.6 square miles 4.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$33,846 ±$4,483 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$72,500 ±$16,161 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

6.3% ±2.9% (327  ±150) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

35.5 minutes ±10.8 (76,525  ±25,178) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,034 ±150 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.2 (5,194  ±3) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

14.6% ±10.5% (148  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

3,447 ±207 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$183,300 ±$13,953 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.8% ±4.4% (403  ±226.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

88.1% ±11.1% (3,186  ±430.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
15.1% ±4.8% (544  ±174.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% (15  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.9% ±4.2% (312  ±165) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
312 Total veterans ±165 217 Male ±138 95 Female ±92

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