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District A, Ouachita Parish, LA

30,235 Population
64.8 square miles 466.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Ouachita Parish: 36.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,419 ±$2,986 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ouachita Parish: $32,520 ±$1,220
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,988 ±$5,285 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Ouachita Parish: $54,688 ±$2,311
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.6% ±2.6% (3,468  ±815) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Ouachita Parish: 23.2% 35,502 (±1.5% / ±2,299)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±1.1 (288,955  ±30,017) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Ouachita Parish: 22.1 1,387,520 (±0.9 / ±67,103)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,756 ±643 Number of households
  • Ouachita Parish: 61,489 ±770
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (29,933  ±1,799) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ouachita Parish: 2.5 153,670 (±0 / ±137)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±1.9% (289  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ouachita Parish: 4.6% † 1,720 (±0.9% / ±333)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,753 ±642 Number of housing units
  • Ouachita Parish: 71,172 ±77
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$233,700 ±$9,227 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ouachita Parish: $194,400 ±$8,085
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.1% ±2.3% (3,032  ±702.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ouachita Parish: 11.5% † 17,972 (±1.2% / ±1,845.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.5% ±3.6% (19,877  ±1,298.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ouachita Parish: 88.4% 92,226 (±2.5% / ±2,601.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.3% ±2.9% (7,708  ±740.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ouachita Parish: 28.6% 29,866 (±1.3% / ±1,345.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about the same as 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

3.3% ±1.2% (1,003  ±375) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ouachita Parish: 2.2% 3,419
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.3% (1,644  ±320) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ouachita Parish: 6.3% † 7,477 (±0.7% / ±827)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,644 Total veterans ±320 1,597 Male ±310 47 Female ±44

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