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Ruston, LA Urban Area

27,848 Population
24.4 square miles 1,139.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$20,302 ±$1,447 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$30,824 ±$3,029 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

39.3% ±3.8% (9,297  ±954) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

14.7 minutes ±1.6 (139,055  ±19,355) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

10,325 ±504 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (23,584  ±747) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

1.7% ±0.8% (151  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

11,532 ±465 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$196,200 ±$15,599 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

19.3% ±3.2% (5,320  ±885.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91.8% ±5.6% (11,771  ±871.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
40.4% ±4.2% (5,176  ±581.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

3.3% ±0.9% (925  ±238) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

3.7% ±0.9% (856  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
856 Total veterans ±214 655 Male ±176 201 Female ±122

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