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Mamou, LA

2,884 Population
1.4 square miles 2,046.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Evangeline Parish: 37.7 ±1.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$15,775 ±$4,964 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Evangeline Parish: $24,765 ±$1,196
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$19,841 ±$9,723 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Evangeline Parish: $42,273 ±$3,491
  • about one-third of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

57.8% ±14.8% (1,630  ±418) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Evangeline Parish: 23% † 7,022 (±2.6% / ±781)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

23.3 minutes ±13.3 (22,015  ±13,524) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Evangeline Parish: 33.6 373,410 (±2.8 / ±36,623)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

1,279 ±165 Number of households
  • Evangeline Parish: 12,240 ±258
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.2 ±0.3 (2,812  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Evangeline Parish: 2.5 30,732 (±0.1 / ±108)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

4.9% ±6.9% (30  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Evangeline Parish: 6.3% † 454 (±2.1% / ±154)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

1,493 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Evangeline Parish: 14,523 ±57
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$88,300 ±$8,459 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Evangeline Parish: $118,500 † ±$12,029
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

5.5% ±3.5% (158  ±101.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Evangeline Parish: 10.2% † 3,240 (±2.2% / ±708.8)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

85.6% ±15% (1,583  ±336.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Evangeline Parish: 79.1% 16,654 (±4% / ±848.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
10.1% ±5.2% (186  ±99.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Evangeline Parish: 12.6% † 2,646 (±1.7% / ±367.2)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

2% ±2.3% (41  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Evangeline Parish: 5.7% † 1,362 (±1.1% / ±267)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
41 Total veterans ±47 36 Male ±45 5 Female ±14

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