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District 3, Cameron Parish, LA

1,861 Population
141.9 square miles 13.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±9.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cameron Parish: 43.5 ±1.9
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,093 ±$5,986 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cameron Parish: $35,609 † ±$5,152
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,688 ±$18,393 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cameron Parish: $75,278 † ±$11,275
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.3% ±3.6% (117  ±73) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cameron Parish: 7.4% † 370 (±2.5% / ±123)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.9 minutes ±11.6 (29,840  ±14,039) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cameron Parish: 26 † 56,095 (±5.7 / ±13,108)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

681 ±175 Number of households
  • Cameron Parish: 2,018 ±164
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±1 (1,861  ±475) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cameron Parish: 2.5 4,988 (±0.2 / ±4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.6% ±10.2% (51  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cameron Parish: 13.4% † 136 (±9.9% / ±102)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,022 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Cameron Parish: 3,463 ±216
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$213,700 ±$55,680 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Cameron Parish: $202,500 † ±$21,011
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.7% ±3% (32  ±56.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cameron Parish: 7.1% † 350 (±3.8% / ±187.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.3% ±10.1% (1,146  ±317) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cameron Parish: 92.2% † 3,309 (±10.9% / ±423.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.3% ±7% (151  ±93.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cameron Parish: 16.8% † 602 (±4.9% / ±178.1)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.6% ±9.4% (85  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cameron Parish: 7.8% † 296 (±4.6% / ±175)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
85 Total veterans ±123 85 Male ±123 N/A Female ±14

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