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Minden, LA

11,455 Population
15 square miles 761.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 41.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,073 ±$4,536 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Minden, LA Micro Area: $25,664 ±$1,717
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$34,294 ±$4,008 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Minden, LA Micro Area: $41,182 ±$1,410
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.7% ±4.7% (2,991  ±529) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 23.1% 8,071 (±2.2% / ±782)
  • about 1.4 times 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)

22.4 minutes ±3.4 (91,420  ±16,565) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 27.3 339,785 (±1.3 / ±25,159)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,578 ±235 Number of households
  • the Minden, LA Micro Area: 14,334 ±379
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (11,191  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 2.4 34,799 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.8% ±1.8% (47  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 3.5% † 264 (±1.5% / ±113)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,703 ±259 Number of housing units
  • the Minden, LA Micro Area: 18,377 ±38
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$130,200 ±$17,588 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Minden, LA Micro Area: $114,500 ±$8,323
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±4% (1,084  ±449.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 7.6% † 2,701 (±1.7% / ±593.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.1% ±6.7% (6,368  ±556.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 86% 21,313 (±3.8% / ±960)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.7% ±3.1% (1,237  ±234) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 13.3% † 3,293 (±1.7% / ±412.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about half 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

1.3% ±0.9% (153  ±101) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 1% 363
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±1.8% (535  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Minden, LA Micro Area: 6.4% † 1,770 (±0.9% / ±250)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
535 Total veterans ±152 410 Male ±131 125 Female ±80

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