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District A, Rapides Parish, LA

14,467 Population
91 square miles 159.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Rapides Parish: 37.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,965 ±$3,043 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rapides Parish: $31,518 ±$1,026
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,038 ±$12,191 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rapides Parish: $54,967 ±$2,192
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.7% ±4.3% (1,761  ±606) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rapides Parish: 19.9% 24,796 (±1.4% / ±1,765)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.3 minutes ±1.1 (108,020  ±13,676) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rapides Parish: 22.2 1,127,040 (±1 / ±58,823)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,290 ±441 Number of households
  • Rapides Parish: 48,954 ±725
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (13,873  ±944) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Rapides Parish: 2.5 123,693 (±0 / ±82)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.7% ±5.2% (265  ±161) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rapides Parish: 7.3% † 2,085 (±1.6% / ±454)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,217 ±429 Number of housing units
  • Rapides Parish: 58,573 ±66
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$185,500 ±$16,645 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Rapides Parish: $181,100 ±$8,652
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.1% ±3.6% (1,859  ±525.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rapides Parish: 9.8% † 12,278 (±1% / ±1,265.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±3% (8,399  ±717.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rapides Parish: 87.9% 74,883 (±2.5% / ±2,153.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.4% ±3.8% (2,372  ±400.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rapides Parish: 23.1% 19,684 (±1.3% / ±1,106.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.7% ±0.5% (103  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rapides Parish: 2.8% 3,576
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±2.1% (874  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rapides Parish: 7.5% 7,079 (±0.7% / ±643)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
874 Total veterans ±225 778 Male ±219 96 Female ±90

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