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District 2, Jefferson Parish, LA

78,208 Population
30.8 square miles 2,535.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,200 ±$1,363 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,413 ±$4,261 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.1% ±2% (12,259  ±1,570) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±1 (773,080  ±49,685) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)
  • 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

35,890 ±1,214 Number of households
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (76,212  ±2,555) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±1.5% (878  ±268) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 7% † 6,767 (±0.7% / ±723)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

39,633 ±1,151 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$230,300 ±$7,032 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±1.5% (9,224  ±1,219.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.4% ±1.8% (50,456  ±1,910.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
  • 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)
29.9% ±1.8% (17,444  ±1,169.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson Parish: 30.5% 92,294 (±0.9% / ±2,612.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about 80 percent of 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

8.8% ±1.3% (6,902  ±1,043) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±0.6% (3,556  ±382) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,556 Total veterans ±382 3,272 Male ±356 284 Female ±104

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