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Rapides Parish, LA

125,899 Population
1,324.1 square miles 95.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.7 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

$32,374 ±$1,877 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,440 ±$571
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,482 ±$5,610 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,986 ±$803
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.8% ±4% (23,160  ±4,941) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as 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)

22.2 minutes ±1 (1,127,040  ±58,823) 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 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

50,544 ±1,715 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,848,965 ±8,172
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (122,412  ±190) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 4,474,016
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.3% ±3.1% (2,324  ±868) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 61,866 (±0.4% / ±4,761)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

59,140 ±79 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,138,882 ±318
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$168,700 ±$12,667 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $223,200 ±$2,575
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.1% ±1.6% (8,840  ±1,930.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 10.6% 480,382 (±0.5% / ±22,340.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.7% ±5.1% (74,920  ±4,389) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 88.2% 2,749,670 (±0.9% / ±28,980.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.2% ±2.9% (21,557  ±2,447.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 27.8% 867,511 (±0.5% / ±16,543.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.9% (3,702  ±999) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 5.2% 239,225
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.7% ±1.3% (6,319  ±1,187) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6% 211,934 (±0.2% / ±7,249)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,319 Total veterans ±1,187 5,513 Male ±925 806 Female ±587

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