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Bossier Parish, LA

131,102 Population
839.6 square miles 156.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1 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

$35,119 ±$2,534 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $35,440 ±$571
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,703 ±$4,204 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,986 ±$803
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.2% ±2.9% (23,323  ±3,749) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 18.7% 835,267 (±0.6% / ±28,512)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.7 minutes ±0.9 (1,221,860  ±58,662) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

52,679 ±1,297 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,848,965 ±8,172
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (128,468  ±214) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 4,474,016
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.3% ±2.6% (1,929  ±815) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 61,866 (±0.4% / ±4,761)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

58,049 ±92 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,138,882 ±318
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$230,500 ±$15,891 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $223,200 ±$2,575
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.7% ±2.4% (13,885  ±3,128.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 10.6% 480,382 (±0.5% / ±22,340.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.5% ±5% (79,685  ±4,514.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 88.2% 2,749,670 (±0.9% / ±28,980.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.5% ±2.7% (23,323  ±2,375.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 27.8% 867,511 (±0.5% / ±16,543.3)
  • about three-quarters 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

4.9% (6,381  ±1,740) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 5.2% 239,225
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

12.9% ±1.6% (12,240  ±1,560) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 6% 211,934 (±0.2% / ±7,249)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,240 Total veterans ±1,560 10,655 Male ±1,401 1,585 Female ±679

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