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West Baton Rouge Parish, LA

27,666 Population
192.3 square miles 143.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$38,107 ±$3,365 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$87,320 ±$6,329 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

16% ±3.8% (4,298  ±1,031) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

25.2 minutes ±1.5 (309,120  ±25,526) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

10,400 ±306 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (26,883  ±29) 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

2.8% ±1.7% (181  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

11,827 ±34 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$225,900 ±$9,391 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.9% ±2.4% (2,179  ±669.4) 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

89.4% ±5.6% (17,378  ±1,119.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
23.1% ±2.7% (4,482  ±538.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.9% (512  ±313) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4.4% ±1% (929  ±217) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
929 Total veterans ±217 899 Male ±212 30 Female ±36

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