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Opelousas, LA Urban Area

23,159 Population
18.6 square miles 1,246 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$21,207 ±$1,923 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$39,532 ±$4,944 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

28.8% ±3.8% (6,468  ±914) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

26.2 minutes ±2.7 (190,485  ±28,125) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,801 ±437 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0 (22,412  ±1,149) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.4% ±2.6% (247  ±150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

10,224 ±464 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$128,800 ±$19,189 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.3% ±3.3% (2,580  ±751.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

80.1% ±4.6% (11,544  ±833.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
12.2% ±2.1% (1,762  ±316.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

0.5% ±0.5% (121  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

3.7% ±0.9% (616  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
616 Total veterans ±156 596 Male ±153 20 Female ±23

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