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District 12, Calcasieu Parish, LA

14,610 Population
248.3 square miles 58.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Calcasieu Parish: 37.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,594 ±$4,822 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Calcasieu Parish: $36,113 ±$1,237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,570 ±$12,500 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Calcasieu Parish: $67,564 ±$2,636
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.9% ±4.4% (2,016  ±672) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 17.4% 35,503 (±1.5% / ±2,958)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±2.8 (146,480  ±29,146) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Calcasieu Parish: 21.1 1,824,880 (±0.7 / ±73,626)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,229 ±611 Number of households
  • Calcasieu Parish: 77,957 ±1,088
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.4 (14,574  ±1,517) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Calcasieu Parish: 2.6 204,401 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±3.5% (168  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 6% † 2,866 (±1.1% / ±531)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,100 ±661 Number of housing units
  • Calcasieu Parish: 95,523 ±111
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$198,500 ±$27,119 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Calcasieu Parish: $217,000 ±$6,701
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.7% ±3.6% (1,263  ±535.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 12.8% 26,249 (±1.2% / ±2,490)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.5% ±13.2% (8,346  ±838.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 89.8% 124,285 (±2.3% / ±3,212.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.2% ±3.1% (1,661  ±354.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 24.9% 34,381 (±1.3% / ±1,798.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.5% ±0.3% (74  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 3.6% 7,435
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±1.9% (643  ±212) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Calcasieu Parish: 7.6% 11,824 (±0.7% / ±1,050)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
643 Total veterans ±212 634 Male ±213 9 Female ±15

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