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Bossier City, LA

62,832 Population
44.3 square miles 1,419.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,386 ±$1,753 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $33,865 ±$1,035
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$55,130 ±$4,368 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $54,635 ±$1,758
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

20.4% ±2.4% (12,461  ±1,460) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 20.3% 77,414 (±1% / ±3,927)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

18.6 minutes ±1.4 (496,810  ±41,589) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 21.9 3,337,245 (±0.5 / ±95,462)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

24,949 ±676 Number of households
  • the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 154,871 ±1,290
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.5 ±0.1 (61,352  ±113) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 2.5 381,214 (±0 / ±123)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

3% ±0.9% (446  ±130) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 4.4% † 4,039 (±0.6% / ±585)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

28,211 ±539 Number of housing units
  • the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 181,250 ±121
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$192,300 ±$7,015 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $187,300 ±$3,718
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

12.7% ±1.9% (7,921  ±1,198.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 12.3% 47,231 (±0.8% / ±2,970.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

89.6% ±3.7% (37,642  ±1,687.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 88.4% 233,377 (±1.5% / ±4,034.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
24.4% ±2% (10,265  ±843.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 25.2% 66,618 (±0.8% / ±2,168.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

5.7% ±0.9% (3,547  ±558) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 2.8% 10,703
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

12.3% ±1.2% (5,448  ±536) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 8.9% 25,852 (±0.4% / ±1,184)
  • about double the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
5,448 Total veterans ±536 4,739 Male ±493 709 Female ±188

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