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Baton Rouge, LA

221,451 Population
86.9 square miles 2,547.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,313 ±$2,027 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $34,734 ±$964
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $32,171 ±$366
$50,304 ±$4,477 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $64,222 ±$1,600
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $55,416 ±$800

22.4% ±3.4% (46,518  ±7,094) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 15.7% 132,182 (±1.3% / ±10,762)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.6% 829,565 (±0.5% / ±23,622)

21.6 minutes ±1.4 (2,064,830  ±175,832) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 26.4 10,001,710 (±0.8 / ±397,146)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.6 47,477,896 (±0.3 / ±713,182)

Families

89,204 ±3,048 Number of households
  • the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 337,685 ±4,140
  • Louisiana: 1,816,902 ±10,634
2.3 ±0.1 (207,047  ±357) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 2.5 843,404 (±0 / ±465)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 † 4,466,263 (±305.8 / ±-555,555,600)

3.9% ±2.1% (2,450  ±1,339) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 4.6% † 9,679 (±1.1% / ±2,363)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 61,980 (±0.5% / ±5,188)

Housing

106,202 ±3,104 Number of housing units
  • the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 384,601 ±849
  • Louisiana: 2,113,178 ±174

$224,600 ±$15,884 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: $234,000 ±$6,449
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $209,200 ±$2,324

24.4% ±3.6% (53,395  ±7,854.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 13.8% 119,283 (±1.4% / ±11,728)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 11.7% 531,059 (±0.5% / ±20,847.2)

Social

87% ±4% (114,740  ±6,400.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 89.1% 511,406 (±2.3% / ±13,363.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,702,838 (±0.9% / ±27,647.8)
36.6% ±2.6% (48,254  ±3,720) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 30.1% 172,942 (±1.3% / ±7,470.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 27.1% 840,106 (±0.5% / ±15,508.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

7% ±1.4% (15,594  ±3,070) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 4.5% † 39,468 (±2,876.6% / ±4,384)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.2% † 192,895 (±508.6% / ±8,028)

3.2% ±0.6% (5,511  ±1,082) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area: 4.9% 33,117 (±0.5% / ±3,253)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 6% 211,067 (±0.2% / ±7,616)
5,511 Total veterans ±1,082 5,051 Male ±1,079 460 Female ±323

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