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Shreveport, LA Urban Area

278,269 Population
180.8 square miles 1,538.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,221 ±$1,938 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$52,722 ±$2,492 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

20.9% ±3% (56,633  ±8,084) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.3 minutes ±1.2 (2,314,380  ±173,962) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

121,633 ±2,776 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (271,422  ±5,169) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.2% ±1.3% (2,839  ±845) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

136,264 ±2,090 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$188,500 ±$12,783 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.2% ±1.9% (33,604  ±5,176.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.5% ±3.2% (168,102  ±6,972) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
28.3% ±1.9% (53,073  ±3,680.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

3% ±0.6% (8,396  ±1,715) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

9.2% ±1.1% (19,017  ±2,393) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
19,017 Total veterans ±2,393 16,118 Male ±2,064 2,899 Female ±1,101

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