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Baton Rouge, LA Urban Area

654,357 Population
396.4 square miles 1,650.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,217 ±$1,262 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$69,008 ±$4,080 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.6% ±2% (118,070  ±13,086) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.5 minutes ±0.8 (7,588,040  ±315,860) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

258,717 ±4,300 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (636,922  ±9,456) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.6% ±1.2% (9,688  ±2,058) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

291,983 ±3,433 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$258,700 ±$6,057 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.4% ±1.4% (92,818  ±9,438.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.9% ±2.5% (383,821  ±12,034) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.6% ±1.6% (144,502  ±6,919) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

6.1% ±0.7% (39,858  ±4,837) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5% ±0.7% (24,978  ±3,299) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
24,978 Total veterans ±3,299 21,615 Male ±2,941 3,363 Female ±1,334

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