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District 3, Jefferson Parish, LA

79,291 Population
51.8 square miles 1,532 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 39.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,631 ±$2,224 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,062 ±$581
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$50,161 ±$3,448 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,246 ±$1,663
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

23.1% ±2.8% (18,257  ±2,318) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.3% 69,819 (±0.8% / ±3,530)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

24.8 minutes ±1 (786,340  ±67,381) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,539,435 (±0.4 / ±104,461)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

28,775 ±937 Number of households
  • Jefferson Parish: 176,986 ±1,015
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.8 ±0.1 (79,128  ±3,371) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 429,199 (±0 / ±97)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

8.8% ±2.2% (1,662  ±431) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jefferson Parish: 6.4% † 6,198 (±0.7% / ±721)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

31,736 ±852 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,109 ±90
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$174,000 ±$6,069 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $243,500 ±$3,154
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

12.6% ±2.2% (9,819  ±1,751) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 11.1% 47,337 (±0.7% / ±2,943.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

78.9% ±2.4% (40,997  ±1,985.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.6% 262,782 (±1.4% / ±4,295.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
14.3% ±1.4% (7,427  ±798.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Jefferson Parish: 30% 90,921 (±0.8% / ±2,456.6)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

12.7% ±1.7% (10,083  ±1,441) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.1% 60,783
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

5.6% ±0.9% (3,285  ±527) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.6% 18,549 (±0.4% / ±1,158)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
3,285 Total veterans ±527 2,758 Male ±456 527 Female ±263

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