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District 8, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

2,859 Population
52.6 square miles 54.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson Davis Parish: 37.4 ±1.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$59,253 ±$19,261 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in Jefferson Davis Parish: $30,377 ±$2,733
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$91,375 ±$21,422 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Jefferson Davis Parish: $56,500 † ±$9,711
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

2.5% ±2.5% (70  ±70) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Jefferson Davis Parish: 17.8% † 5,586 (±3% / ±951)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

44.5 minutes ±17 (56,490  ±26,764) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Jefferson Davis Parish: 33.1 418,070 (±3.1 / ±45,601)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

940 ±203 Number of households
  • Jefferson Davis Parish: 11,704 ±375
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
3 ±0.2 (2,859  ±635) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Davis Parish: 2.7 31,610 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

14.4% ±16.9% (85  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson Davis Parish: 6% † 423 (±2.9% / ±207)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

1,038 ±220 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson Davis Parish: 14,107 ±41
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$237,200 ±$40,691 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Jefferson Davis Parish: $145,000 ±$13,578
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

17.5% ±12% (491  ±354.8) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Jefferson Davis Parish: 9.5% † 3,018 (±2.5% / ±783.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

81.4% ±6.3% (1,476  ±322.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson Davis Parish: 82.7% 17,723 (±4.9% / ±1,046.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
10.1% ±6.4% (183  ±122) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson Davis Parish: 15% † 3,212 (±2.3% / ±482.2)
  • about two-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

2.1% ±1.8% (60  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson Davis Parish: 0.8% 263
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

4.7% ±3.5% (91  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson Davis Parish: 7.1% † 1,703 (±1.8% / ±436)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
91 Total veterans ±70 91 Male ±70 N/A Female ±14

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