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Simmesport, LA

1,625 Population
2.2 square miles 747.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±8.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Avoyelles Parish: 39 ±1.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,947 ±$5,404 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Avoyelles Parish: $25,028 ±$2,040
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$29,712 ±$13,322 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Avoyelles Parish: $39,325 † ±$4,623
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

37.6% ±15% (588  ±276) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 27.8% † 10,095 (±3.1% / ±1,139)
  • about double 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)

35.5 minutes ±15.9 (18,760  ±9,637) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Avoyelles Parish: 36.3 479,200 (±3.1 / ±46,008)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

651 ±140 Number of households
  • Avoyelles Parish: 14,441 ±423
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (1,563  ±390) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Avoyelles Parish: 2.5 36,137 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.7% ±9.8% (46  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 8.6% † 701 (±2.5% / ±207)
  • about double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

803 ±142 Number of housing units
  • Avoyelles Parish: 18,381 ±34
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$63,100 ±$8,882 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Avoyelles Parish: $122,400 ±$10,655
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.8% ±11.4% (286  ±195.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 10.9% † 4,190 (±2% / ±749.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

74.2% ±1.7% (769  ±171.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 76.7% 20,254 (±3.5% / ±930)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
3.4% ±3.5% (35  ±36.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 11.5% † 3,027 (±1.5% / ±404.3)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about 10 percent of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

3.3% ±2.3% (40  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 5.4% † 1,587 (±1% / ±293)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
40 Total veterans ±30 40 Male ±30 N/A Female ±14

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