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District 6, Morehouse Parish, LA

2,866 Population
3.6 square miles 787.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Morehouse Parish: 40.4 ±1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$16,895 ±$3,041 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Morehouse Parish: $26,257 ±$2,466
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$35,445 ±$9,180 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Morehouse Parish: $39,454 ±$2,925
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

45% ±14.6% (1,289  ±476) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Morehouse Parish: 29.3% † 6,915 (±4.1% / ±974)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.2 minutes ±6.8 (21,830  ±9,107) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Morehouse Parish: 26.5 227,335 (±0.8 / ±16,906)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,240 ±212 Number of households
  • Morehouse Parish: 9,769 ±292
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (2,866  ±500) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Morehouse Parish: 2.4 23,705 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

25.1% ±15% (118  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Morehouse Parish: 9.2% † 468 (±3.7% / ±190)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,565 ±212 Number of housing units
  • Morehouse Parish: 11,898 ±33
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$44,500 ±$26,956 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Morehouse Parish: $118,800 ±$11,110
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.5% ±5.8% (178  ±162.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Morehouse Parish: 9.6% † 2,335 (±2.1% / ±512.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.9% ±9.1% (1,558  ±343.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Morehouse Parish: 83.7% 14,053 (±4.9% / ±848.8)
  • 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)
2.3% ±2.2% (42  ±40) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Morehouse Parish: 13.8% † 2,314 (±2.2% / ±374)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • less than 10 percent 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

7.5% ±6.6% (160  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Morehouse Parish: 7.4% † 1,403 (±1.4% / ±271)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
160 Total veterans ±143 140 Male ±115 20 Female ±32

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