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Lake Charles, LA Metro Area

206,636 Population
2,348.7 square miles 88 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$33,521 ±$2,824 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$62,184 ±$4,886 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

16.4% ±3.1% (33,279  ±6,356) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

20.2 minutes ±0.8 (1,671,105  ±103,143) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

79,885 ±2,769 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.6 ±0.1 (204,220  ±1,519) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5% ±2.1% (2,421  ±1,024) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

97,847 ±720 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$216,900 ±$9,039 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

15.5% ±2.8% (31,654  ±5,700.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

90.8% ±4.7% (124,897  ±6,676.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
24% ±2.6% (32,984  ±3,540.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

3.4% ±1% (7,080  ±1,956) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

8.3% ±1.4% (12,868  ±2,193) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
12,868 Total veterans ±2,193 12,143 Male ±2,119 725 Female ±510

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