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District I, Rapides Parish, LA

13,178 Population
17.1 square miles 771 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Rapides Parish: 37.9 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,568 ±$3,577 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rapides Parish: $31,518 ±$1,026
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,964 ±$10,147 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rapides Parish: $54,967 ±$2,192
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.7% ±6.9% (3,386  ±922) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rapides Parish: 19.9% 24,796 (±1.4% / ±1,765)
  • about 1.5 times 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)

20.1 minutes ±4.2 (102,540  ±27,824) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rapides Parish: 22.2 1,127,040 (±1 / ±58,823)
  • about 80 percent 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

4,406 ±405 Number of households
  • Rapides Parish: 48,954 ±725
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (11,998  ±1,311) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rapides Parish: 2.5 123,693 (±0 / ±82)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.1% ±7.7% (251  ±196) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rapides Parish: 7.3% † 2,085 (±1.6% / ±454)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,407 ±401 Number of housing units
  • Rapides Parish: 58,573 ±66
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$138,800 ±$20,138 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rapides Parish: $181,100 ±$8,652
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.8% ±3.6% (1,926  ±508.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rapides Parish: 9.8% † 12,278 (±1% / ±1,265.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.6% ±2.5% (7,186  ±716.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rapides Parish: 87.9% 74,883 (±2.5% / ±2,153.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.9% ±2.4% (1,343  ±254.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rapides Parish: 23.1% 19,684 (±1.3% / ±1,106.1)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about two-fifths 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

4.4% ±2.7% (584  ±366) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rapides Parish: 2.8% 3,576
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±2% (654  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rapides Parish: 7.5% 7,079 (±0.7% / ±643)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
654 Total veterans ±204 460 Male ±154 194 Female ±131

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