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Louisiana

4,597,740 Population
43,216.6 square miles 106.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,440 ±$571 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,986 ±$803 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.7% ±0.6% (835,267  ±28,512) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.2 minutes ±0.3 (49,209,404  ±747,344) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

1,848,965 ±8,172 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 (4,474,016  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.8% ±0.4% (61,866  ±4,761) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

2,138,882 ±318 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$223,200 ±$2,575 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.6% ±0.5% (480,382  ±22,340.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.2% ±0.9% (2,749,670  ±28,980.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.8% ±0.5% (867,511  ±16,543.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

9% ±0.3% (387,330  ±13,155) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

5.2% (239,225  ±9,625) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6% ±0.2% (211,934  ±7,249) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
211,934 Total veterans ±7,249 187,236 Male ±6,608 24,698 Female ±2,999

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