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Waterproof, LA

573 Population
0.7 square miles 822.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±14 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tensas Parish: 47.4 ±2.1
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$13,271 ±$4,763 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tensas Parish: $21,878 † ±$3,277
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$24,286 ±$6,828 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tensas Parish: $36,074 † ±$4,401
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

67% ±25% (384  ±190) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Tensas Parish: 32.8% † 1,255 (±5.9% / ±224)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

27.8 minutes ±12.8 (2,695  ±2,018) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Tensas Parish: 27.5 † 31,670 (±3.7 / ±5,774)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

202 ±61 Number of households
  • Tensas Parish: 1,629 ±125
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.8 ±0.3 (573  ±186) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tensas Parish: 2.4 3,830 (±0.2 / ±11)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

332 ±70 Number of housing units
  • Tensas Parish: 2,804 ±22
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$48,400 ±$11,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tensas Parish: $80,300 † ±$14,643
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

1.2% ±4.6% (7  ±26.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tensas Parish: 6.2% † 244 (±2.6% / ±102)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

82.3% ±18.7% (256  ±101.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tensas Parish: 80.9% 2,332 (±8% / ±237.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
19.6% ±22.2% (61  ±71.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tensas Parish: 13.1% † 379 (±3.4% / ±98.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

1.1% ±1.7% (6  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tensas Parish: 1.3% 52
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

1.8% ±2.7% (7  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tensas Parish: 4.5% † 140 (±1.8% / ±56)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
7 Total veterans ±11 7 Male ±11 N/A Female ±14

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