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Waterproof, LA

576 Population
0.7 square miles 826.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±22.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tensas Parish: 47.5 ±1.8
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$11,867 ±$3,811 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tensas Parish: $20,390 † ±$2,628
  • about one-third of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$21,786 ±$9,727 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tensas Parish: $36,615 † ±$4,366
  • about one-third of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

70.7% ±21.2% (407  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Tensas Parish: 34.4% † 1,262 (±4.9% / ±178)
  • more than 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)

31.8 minutes ±13.9 (2,415  ±1,867) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Tensas Parish: 32.5 † 30,760 (±4.6 / ±6,437)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

200 ±57 Number of households
  • Tensas Parish: 1,578 ±115
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.1 (576  ±165) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tensas Parish: 2.3 3,674 (±0.2 / ±15)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

319 ±64 Number of housing units
  • Tensas Parish: 2,792 ±20
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$47,300 ±$12,870 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Tensas Parish: $86,300 ±$7,290
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.6% ±4.8% (9  ±28) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tensas Parish: 7.4% † 289 (±3.8% / ±147.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.3% ±24% (242  ±98.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tensas Parish: 80.5% † 2,283 (±8.4% / ±244.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.7% ±23% (63  ±72.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tensas Parish: 14.6% † 413 (±3.9% / ±110.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

3.8% ±4% (22  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Tensas Parish: 0.9% 36
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.7% ±2.4% (7  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Tensas Parish: 5.1% † 156 (±2% / ±61)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
7 Total veterans ±10 7 Male ±10 N/A Female ±14

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