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Natchitoches, LA

17,682 Population
22.7 square miles 779.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: 33.3 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$23,380 ±$1,719 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: $26,602 ±$1,217
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$38,731 ±$6,308 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: $46,798 ±$1,970
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

34.8% ±4% (5,380  ±650) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: 24.1% † 8,377 (±2.4% / ±861)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

16.4 minutes ±1.6 (113,520  ±12,983) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: 22.4 317,685 (±1.3 / ±20,737)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

6,479 ±428 Number of households
  • the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: 14,108 ±449
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.4 ±0.2 (15,442  ±617) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: 2.5 34,802 (±0.1 / ±617)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

4.2% ±1.9% (215  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: 4.9% † 450 (±1.4% / ±134)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

8,170 ±371 Number of housing units
  • the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: 18,663 ±257
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$188,400 ±$16,262 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: $163,000 ±$11,908
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

24.9% ±3.7% (4,315  ±633) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: 16.4% † 5,977 (±2.2% / ±795.6)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

88.7% ±4.1% (8,183  ±512.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: 87.3% 19,322 (±3.2% / ±714.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
29.5% ±2.9% (2,724  ±287.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: 25.6% 5,667 (±1.8% / ±400.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

1.9% ±0.7% (333  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: 1.5% 569
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

5.2% ±1.1% (720  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Natchitoches, LA Micro Area: 5.5% 1,577 (±0.5% / ±144)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
720 Total veterans ±153 581 Male ±130 139 Female ±74

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