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Opelousas, LA

15,662 Population
9.7 square miles 1,619.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37.5 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$19,584 ±$1,779 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $25,018 ±$1,241
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$36,260 ±$3,166 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $45,637 ±$3,082
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

34% ±5.7% (5,163  ±868) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 24% 19,321 (±2.1% / ±1,675)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

24.2 minutes ±3.4 (115,665  ±20,318) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 29.9 854,720 (±1.5 / ±56,009)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

5,945 ±313 Number of households
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 31,638 ±480
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.6 ±0.1 (15,138  ±41) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 2.6 80,944 (±0 / ±37)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

3.7% ±2.3% (139  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 5.7% † 1,022 (±1.3% / ±227)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

7,086 ±342 Number of housing units
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37,001 ±75
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$113,000 ±$11,830 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $142,900 ±$10,779
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

11.7% ±3.4% (1,811  ±524.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 7.5% † 6,081 (±1.2% / ±985.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

78.6% ±5.8% (7,895  ±657.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 80.6% 43,024 (±2.8% / ±1,479.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
10.9% ±2.5% (1,093  ±249.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 14.3% 7,651 (±1.3% / ±669.7)
  • 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

0.6% ±0.7% (100  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 1.5% 1,235
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

3.7% ±1.2% (413  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 4.8% † 2,876 (±0.7% / ±415)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
413 Total veterans ±134 393 Male ±131 20 Female ±23

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