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Shreveport, LA

177,972 Population
108.1 square miles 1,645.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 39 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$30,808 ±$1,877 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $32,884 ±$1,436
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,440 ±$571
$50,291 ±$4,759 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $57,514 ±$3,211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,986 ±$803

23.8% ±3.6% (41,221  ±6,306) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 20.5% † 76,824 (±2.2% / ±8,108)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.7% 835,267 (±0.6% / ±28,512)

18.8 minutes ±0.4 (1,292,715  ±43,992) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 21.7 3,278,790 (±0.4 / ±81,118)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

76,500 ±2,677 Number of households
  • the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 160,819 ±2,889
  • Louisiana: 1,848,965 ±8,172
2.3 ±0.1 (172,943  ±1,845) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 2.3 375,124 (±0 / ±256)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 4,474,016

3.7% ±1.9% (1,641  ±859) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 5% † 4,443 (±1.4% / ±1,261)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 61,866 (±0.4% / ±4,761)

Housing

89,174 ±2,393 Number of housing units
  • the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 183,849 ±120
  • Louisiana: 2,138,882 ±318

$182,100 ±$13,632 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $195,300 ±$9,541
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $223,200 ±$2,575

14.3% ±3.3% (25,179  ±5,835.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 11.4% † 43,122 (±2% / ±7,451.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 10.6% 480,382 (±0.5% / ±22,340.5)

Social

88.8% ±4.6% (104,496  ±6,084.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 89.7% 234,695 (±3.2% / ±8,431.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 88.2% 2,749,670 (±0.9% / ±28,980.7)
30.5% ±2.7% (35,856  ±3,268.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 26.7% 69,906 (±1.7% / ±4,364)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 27.8% 867,511 (±0.5% / ±16,543.3)

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

3.8% ±1% (6,783  ±1,770) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 3.7% 14,011
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 5.2% 239,225

6.5% ±1.3% (8,682  ±1,712) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 8.9% 25,754 (±0.8% / ±2,397)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6% 211,934 (±0.2% / ±7,249)
8,682 Total veterans ±1,712 7,491 Male ±1,490 1,191 Female ±602

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