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Minden, LA

11,604 Population
15 square miles 771.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 41.2 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$25,444 ±$4,092 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Minden, LA Micro Area: $24,115 ±$1,762
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$29,597 ±$4,365 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Minden, LA Micro Area: $37,396 ±$2,742
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

34.6% ±4.7% (3,933  ±537) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 26.9% 9,462 (±2.3% / ±802)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

22.5 minutes ±3.4 (85,980  ±15,536) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 28 329,845 (±1.9 / ±29,961)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

4,817 ±275 Number of households
  • the Minden, LA Micro Area: 14,761 ±421
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.4 ±0.1 (11,330  ±32) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 2.4 35,166 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

3.2% ±2.3% (80  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 6.1% † 459 (±2.3% / ±169)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

5,739 ±276 Number of housing units
  • the Minden, LA Micro Area: 18,341 ±40
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$116,700 ±$15,332 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Minden, LA Micro Area: $105,600 ±$9,415
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

7.5% ±2.6% (859  ±292.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 6.6% † 2,346 (±1.2% / ±410)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

84.9% ±6.6% (6,614  ±567.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 86.2% 21,583 (±3.7% / ±941.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
15.5% ±3.2% (1,209  ±250.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 12.8% † 3,203 (±1.5% / ±386.3)
  • about three-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

1.8% ±0.7% (205  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 1.1% 389
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

6.1% ±1.4% (544  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 6.7% † 1,860 (±0.9% / ±253)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
544 Total veterans ±121 426 Male ±110 118 Female ±71

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