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Baton Rouge, LA

219,563 Population
86.9 square miles 2,525.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$31,329 ±$2,738 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $36,479 ±$1,126
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,102 ±$426
$41,651 ±$4,887 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $64,550 ±$2,748
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $58,229 ±$1,143

27.5% ±4% (56,785  ±8,267) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 17.1% 144,535 (±1.5% / ±12,581)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 840,146 (±0.6% / ±27,162)

20.1 minutes ±1.4 (1,760,570  ±156,914) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 26.1 9,614,750 (±0.7 / ±339,210)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 47,593,008 (±0.2 / ±648,548)

Families

86,978 ±3,734 Number of households
  • the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 334,402 ±3,971
  • Louisiana: 1,833,915 ±8,374
2.4 ±0.1 (205,658  ±392) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 2.5 845,110 (±0 / ±630)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 † 4,450,122 (±,302.9 / ±-555,555,600)

4.1% ±1.7% (2,535  ±1,050) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 4.5% † 9,594 (±0.9% / ±2,000)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 59,199 (±0.5% / ±5,096)

Housing

107,262 ±3,627 Number of housing units
  • the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 388,100 ±898
  • Louisiana: 2,124,930 ±297

$227,800 ±$19,925 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $239,700 ±$6,247
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $215,600 ±$3,099

19.8% ±3.2% (42,913  ±6,949.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 12% † 103,693 (±1.3% / ±11,262.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.1% 499,723 (±0.5% / ±21,179.9)

Social

86.8% ±4% (110,961  ±6,237.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 89.2% 511,470 (±2.1% / ±12,369.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.8% 2,724,676 (±0.9% / ±28,705.9)
33.9% ±2.7% (43,347  ±3,701) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 29% 166,464 (±1.2% / ±7,145.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 837,518 (±0.5% / ±16,435.4)

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

8.3% ±2.3% (18,160  ±5,064) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 5.8% † 50,954 (±3,708.7% / ±5,764)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% † 222,672 (±,591.4% / ±11,789)

3.8% ±0.9% (6,482  ±1,497) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 4.9% 32,591 (±0.4% / ±2,900)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 203,031 (±0.2% / ±7,608)
6,482 Total veterans ±1,497 6,133 Male ±1,496 349 Female ±272

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