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Jonesboro, LA

4,092 Population
4.8 square miles 844.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jackson Parish: 41.5 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$19,393 ±$2,564 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson Parish: $24,255 ±$1,607
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$36,458 ±$14,036 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson Parish: $43,345 ±$2,568
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

36.8% ±7.8% (1,209  ±258) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jackson Parish: 24.3% † 3,426 (±3.2% / ±446)
  • about double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

17.9 minutes ±4.4 (20,830  ±6,254) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Jackson Parish: 23.5 109,610 (±1.9 / ±12,754)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

1,410 ±150 Number of households
  • Jackson Parish: 5,602 ±288
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.3 ±0.3 (3,269  ±85) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jackson Parish: 2.5 14,060 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

4.3% ±4.4% (32  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson Parish: 4.1% † 121 (±2% / ±60)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

1,762 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Jackson Parish: 7,223 ±24
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$84,000 ±$7,884 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson Parish: $107,400 ±$9,673
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

18.4% ±6.2% (722  ±244.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Jackson Parish: 8.8% † 1,300 (±2.1% / ±301.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

85.9% ±8.8% (2,557  ±312.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson Parish: 85.7% 9,076 (±5% / ±542.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
10.1% ±3.4% (301  ±102.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jackson Parish: 13.4% † 1,415 (±2.4% / ±249.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

4.8% ±3.6% (195  ±146) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Jackson Parish: 2.4% 360
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

5.4% ±2.9% (178  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson Parish: 6.1% † 718 (±1.6% / ±184)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
178 Total veterans ±94 178 Male ±94 N/A Female ±14

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