Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Shreveport, LA

177,225 Population
108.1 square miles 1,638.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

39 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$31,683 ±$2,651 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $34,445 ±$1,678
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,102 ±$426
$48,486 ±$4,014 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $54,904 ±$3,567
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $58,229 ±$1,143

24.5% ±3.9% (41,878  ±6,674) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 19.8% † 73,879 (±2.3% / ±8,485)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 840,146 (±0.6% / ±27,162)

19 minutes ±0.6 (1,331,905  ±55,956) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 21.9 3,337,245 (±0.5 / ±95,462)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

78,443 ±2,307 Number of households
  • the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 164,006 ±2,280
  • Louisiana: 1,833,915 ±8,374
2.2 ±0.1 (171,719  ±916) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 2.3 374,888 (±0 / ±103)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 4,450,122

4.5% ±1.8% (1,909  ±764) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 4.1% † 3,639 (±1.2% / ±1,099)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 59,199 (±0.5% / ±5,096)

Housing

90,412 ±1,635 Number of housing units
  • the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 182,945 ±57
  • Louisiana: 2,124,930 ±297

$168,300 ±$11,012 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $181,600 ±$9,964
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $215,600 ±$3,099

13.1% ±2.5% (22,971  ±4,424.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 10.9% † 41,254 (±1.5% / ±5,841.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.1% 499,723 (±0.5% / ±21,179.9)

Social

87.6% ±4.6% (105,908  ±5,807.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 89.5% 234,398 (±3% / ±8,006.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.8% 2,724,676 (±0.9% / ±28,705.9)
27.9% ±2.4% (33,753  ±2,951.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 26% 68,163 (±1.6% / ±4,103)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 837,518 (±0.5% / ±16,435.4)

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

2.4% ±0.7% (4,291  ±1,237) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 2.6% 9,758
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 222,672

7.5% ±1.2% (10,027  ±1,588) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 9.8% 28,287 (±0.9% / ±2,726)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 203,031 (±0.2% / ±7,608)
10,027 Total veterans ±1,588 8,882 Male ±1,464 1,145 Female ±542

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.