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District 2, Lafourche Parish, LA

11,575 Population
215.4 square miles 53.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lafourche Parish: 39.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,199 ±$2,980 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lafourche Parish: $33,881 ±$1,360
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,909 ±$13,239 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lafourche Parish: $63,135 ±$3,744
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.6% ±5.4% (1,684  ±641) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lafourche Parish: 17% 15,931 (±1.5% / ±1,373)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.9 minutes ±0.8 (146,655  ±19,380) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lafourche Parish: 27.1 1,059,390 (±1.1 / ±50,093)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,469 ±337 Number of households
  • Lafourche Parish: 37,762 ±553
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (11,560  ±1,060) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lafourche Parish: 2.5 93,817 (±0 / ±62)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±3.8% (114  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lafourche Parish: 6.3% † 1,393 (±1.5% / ±332)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,763 ±360 Number of housing units
  • Lafourche Parish: 41,447 ±78
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$202,600 ±$22,548 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Lafourche Parish: $193,900 ±$11,598
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.5% ±5.6% (975  ±648.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lafourche Parish: 8% † 7,556 (±1.2% / ±1,161.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.8% ±4.6% (6,535  ±608.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lafourche Parish: 83.6% 55,039 (±2.6% / ±1,707.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.9% ±3.5% (1,426  ±285.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lafourche Parish: 21.1% 13,914 (±1.3% / ±843.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about half 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

0.2% ±0.3% (27  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Lafourche Parish: 2.3% 2,234
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±1.6% (336  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lafourche Parish: 4.1% † 3,049 (±0.5% / ±361)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
336 Total veterans ±144 318 Male ±144 18 Female ±29

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