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District E, Rapides Parish, LA

17,879 Population
419.7 square miles 42.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rapides Parish: 37.8 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,904 ±$3,085 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rapides Parish: $31,688 ±$1,118
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$70,750 ±$6,664 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rapides Parish: $55,946 ±$1,929
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

11.3% ±3.7% (2,016  ±684) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rapides Parish: 18.9% 23,749 (±1.6% / ±2,036)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

23.5 minutes ±2.9 (189,755  ±32,644) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Rapides Parish: 23.6 1,206,010 (±1.1 / ±65,027)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

6,637 ±545 Number of households
  • Rapides Parish: 48,660 ±623
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.7 ±0.3 (17,621  ±1,430) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Rapides Parish: 2.6 124,519 (±0 / ±91)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

7.9% ±4.9% (358  ±230) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rapides Parish: 6% † 1,729 (±1.2% / ±358)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

7,968 ±481 Number of housing units
  • Rapides Parish: 58,321 ±79
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$215,700 ±$19,975 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rapides Parish: $179,100 ±$6,758
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

7.1% ±2.1% (1,251  ±381.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rapides Parish: 11.3% † 14,304 (±1.2% / ±1,495.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

92.2% ±2.8% (11,213  ±936.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rapides Parish: 87.4% 74,916 (±2.4% / ±2,017.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
30.3% ±3.7% (3,684  ±532.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rapides Parish: 22.4% 19,213 (±1.2% / ±1,057.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

3.2% ±1.5% (563  ±270) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Rapides Parish: 3.2% 4,152
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

8.2% ±2.3% (1,123  ±329) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Rapides Parish: 8.3% 7,897 (±0.7% / ±674)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
1,123 Total veterans ±329 895 Male ±287 228 Female ±148

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