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Cankton, LA

514 Population
2 square miles 252.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37.8 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,570 ±$11,728 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $25,412 ±$1,110
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,000 ±$42,595 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $44,462 ±$2,416
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.2% ±16.3% (83  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 26.8% 21,477 (±2.2% / ±1,789)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.5 minutes ±17.6 (8,385  ±3,272) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 29.8 828,540 (±1.1 / ±46,122)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

184 ±60 Number of households
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 32,183 ±482
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.7 (514  ±206) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 2.5 80,508 (±0 / ±22)
  • 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

7.6% ±7.5% (12  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 6.2% † 1,112 (±1.7% / ±300)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

210 ±66 Number of housing units
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37,229 ±122
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$191,100 ±$79,587 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $142,500 ±$9,546
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.4% ±14.3% (53  ±76) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 7.9% † 6,378 (±1.3% / ±1,045.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.4% ±39.7% (310  ±75.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 81.4% 43,289 (±3% / ±1,583.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.5% ±9.7% (86  ±42.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 14.9% 7,918 (±1.3% / ±704.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.4% ±0.6% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 1.6% 1,326
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±4.7% (24  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 4.6% † 2,769 (±0.7% / ±433)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
24 Total veterans ±18 23 Male ±16 1 Female ±4

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