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Capital Region Planning Commission 5--Ascension Parish PUMA, LA

131,632 Population
290 square miles 454 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,829 ±$4,147 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $34,102 ±$426
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$90,190 ±$8,688 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $58,229 ±$1,143
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.2% ±2.9% (13,339  ±3,787) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 840,146 (±0.6% / ±27,162)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.9 minutes ±1.1 (1,735,410  ±81,904) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

48,526 ±1,257 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,833,915 ±8,374
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0.1 (130,866  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 4,450,122
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

7.4% ±3.5% (2,322  ±1,078) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 59,199 (±0.5% / ±5,096)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

53,078 ±26 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,124,930 ±297
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$279,900 ±$18,660 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Louisiana: $215,600 ±$3,099
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

7% ±2.4% (9,135  ±3,095.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.1% 499,723 (±0.5% / ±21,179.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.9% ±5.7% (80,493  ±5,135.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.8% 2,724,676 (±0.9% / ±28,705.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
26.2% ±3.2% (22,969  ±2,847.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 837,518 (±0.5% / ±16,435.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

7.7% ±0.9% (9,220  ±1,018.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 8.3% 360,422 (±0.1% / ±5,400.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

6.4% (8,397  ±1,524) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 222,672
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.1% ±1.7% (5,892  ±1,615) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 203,031 (±0.2% / ±7,608)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,892 Total veterans ±1,615 5,014 Male ±1,445 878 Female ±612

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