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Lake Charles, LA Urban Area

153,662 Population
127.7 square miles 1,202.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,024 ±$4,632 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,410 ±$6,509 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.4% ±3.4% (26,389  ±5,256) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.6 minutes ±0.9 (1,239,690  ±73,552) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

60,701 ±3,226 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.2 (151,474  ±7,089) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.8% ±3% (2,872  ±1,110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

72,814 ±2,953 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$218,300 ±$10,467 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.4% ±2.8% (20,161  ±4,387.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88% ±3.7% (89,050  ±5,376.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
24.1% ±2.5% (24,429  ±2,733.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of 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

5.1% ±0.9% (7,899  ±1,397) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.7% ±1.1% (6,579  ±1,247) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,579 Total veterans ±1,247 6,326 Male ±1,225 253 Female ±213

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