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Rapides Parish, LA

127,189 Population
1,320.8 square miles 96.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,074 ±$2,401 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $32,171 ±$366
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$58,161 ±$5,868 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $55,416 ±$800
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

18.4% ±3.2% (22,932  ±3,960) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 18.6% 829,565 (±0.5% / ±23,622)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

23.4 minutes ±1.1 (1,230,075  ±66,438) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 26 48,590,976 (±0.2 / ±384,117)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

47,887 ±1,964 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,816,902 ±10,634
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.6 ±0.1 (123,511  ±225) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,466,263
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.1% ±2.6% (1,466  ±746) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 61,980 (±0.5% / ±5,188)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

58,638 ±94 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,113,178 ±174
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$188,000 ±$12,133 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $209,200 ±$2,324
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

11.2% ±2.8% (14,069  ±3,503.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 11.7% 531,059 (±0.5% / ±20,847.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

87.3% ±4.9% (73,334  ±4,203.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,702,838 (±0.9% / ±27,647.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
25.9% ±2.8% (21,733  ±2,382.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 27.1% 840,106 (±0.5% / ±15,508.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.1% (3,995  ±1,548) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 4.2% 192,895
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

7.8% ±1.3% (7,338  ±1,265) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 6% 211,067 (±0.2% / ±7,616)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
7,338 Total veterans ±1,265 6,859 Male ±1,200 479 Female ±306

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