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Shreveport, LA Urban Area

276,074 Population
180.9 square miles 1,526.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,911 ±$1,583 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,344 ±$3,623 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.1% ±2.5% (56,830  ±6,717) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.7 minutes ±1.5 (2,269,150  ±196,731) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

118,648 ±3,318 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (269,702  ±5,753) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.1% ±1.6% (2,821  ±1,069) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

134,554 ±2,720 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$196,000 ±$9,451 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.2% ±2.3% (33,344  ±6,278.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.8% ±3.5% (168,484  ±7,689.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.6% ±2% (53,593  ±3,963.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent 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

4.1% ±0.9% (11,411  ±2,411) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

9.1% ±1.2% (18,922  ±2,419) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
18,922 Total veterans ±2,419 16,248 Male ±2,059 2,674 Female ±988

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