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Mamou, LA

2,864 Population
1.4 square miles 2,032.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±7.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Evangeline Parish: 38.2 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,537 ±$7,476 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Evangeline Parish: $25,351 ±$1,339
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$24,808 ±$8,612 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Evangeline Parish: $41,915 † ±$4,677
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

58.5% ±15.1% (1,639  ±423) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Evangeline Parish: 24.3% † 7,451 (±3% / ±912)
  • more than double 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)

26.4 minutes ±17.6 (27,215  ±18,602) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Evangeline Parish: 34.6 375,395 (±3 / ±38,099)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,200 ±207 Number of households
  • Evangeline Parish: 12,561 ±301
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (2,794  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Evangeline Parish: 2.5 30,823 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,390 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Evangeline Parish: 14,577 ±39
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$86,500 ±$9,813 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Evangeline Parish: $124,600 † ±$15,781
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±3.6% (169  ±102.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Evangeline Parish: 10.1% † 3,206 (±2.3% / ±723.2)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.2% ±12.5% (1,384  ±331) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Evangeline Parish: 76.8% 15,913 (±4% / ±842.6)
  • 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)
7.6% ±5% (134  ±91) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Evangeline Parish: 13.7% † 2,833 (±1.8% / ±371.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about one-fifth 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

N/A Foreign-born population

1.5% ±1.7% (30  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Evangeline Parish: 6.1% † 1,450 (±1.2% / ±274)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
30 Total veterans ±34 30 Male ±34 N/A Female ±14

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