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District 5, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

33,437 Population
18.2 square miles 1,835.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 34.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$21,571 ±$1,644 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $38,131 ±$1,014
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$40,828 ±$5,828 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $63,075 ±$2,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

27.6% ±4.6% (9,157  ±1,724) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 18.6% 81,374 (±1% / ±4,547)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

25.9 minutes ±1.8 (286,670  ±41,529) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 23.6 4,563,895 (±0.5 / ±123,645)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

11,794 ±793 Number of households
  • East Baton Rouge Parish: 175,408 ±1,261
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.8 ±0.1 (33,325  ±2,809) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 2.5 438,679 (±0 / ±160)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

5.1% ±3.4% (391  ±269) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 4.5% † 5,327 (±0.7% / ±787)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

13,780 ±793 Number of housing units
  • East Baton Rouge Parish: 205,518 ±101
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$141,400 ±$9,743 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $241,800 ±$3,539
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

13.6% ±3.6% (4,490  ±1,238.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 16.3% 72,881 (±0.9% / ±3,970)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

81.2% ±2.6% (17,026  ±1,507.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 90.8% 257,730 (±1.7% / ±4,687.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
15% ±2.7% (3,154  ±631) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 38.2% 108,485 (±1% / ±2,935.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

2.7% ±0.9% (911  ±307) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 6.7% 30,495
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

5.5% ±2.2% (1,337  ±547) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 4.7% 16,471 (±0.3% / ±1,204)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
1,337 Total veterans ±547 1,171 Male ±426 166 Female ±220

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