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Jonesboro, LA

4,063 Population
4.8 square miles 838.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jackson Parish: 41.6 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,877 ±$6,701 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson Parish: $26,629 ±$2,333
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,786 ±$9,705 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson Parish: $44,925 ±$3,582
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

35.1% ±9.2% (1,162  ±306) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jackson Parish: 22.3% † 3,139 (±3.2% / ±445)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.3 minutes ±3.3 (21,325  ±5,628) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Jackson Parish: 23.9 117,685 (±2.1 / ±13,802)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,332 ±164 Number of households
  • Jackson Parish: 5,576 ±243
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (3,295  ±71) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jackson Parish: 2.5 14,060 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • 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

3.1% ±3% (25  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jackson Parish: 4.5% † 139 (±1.8% / ±56)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,694 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Jackson Parish: 7,230 ±22
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$80,300 ±$9,587 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jackson Parish: $115,600 † ±$13,477
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.1% ±5.2% (707  ±204.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Jackson Parish: 9.3% † 1,361 (±2% / ±295.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.4% ±10.4% (2,314  ±327.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson Parish: 84.9% 8,909 (±5.7% / ±601)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.8% ±4.7% (391  ±134.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson Parish: 14.7% † 1,542 (±2.5% / ±258.9)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about two-fifths 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

10% ±3.8% (405  ±153) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Jackson Parish: 3.3% 493
  • about double the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±2.8% (148  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jackson Parish: 6% † 703 (±1.5% / ±179)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
148 Total veterans ±93 148 Male ±93 N/A Female ±14

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