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Port Sulphur, LA

1,749 Population
5.4 square miles 323.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.7 ±13.2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$15,480 ±$3,577 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $33,792 ±$461
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $30,340 ±$236
$29,334 ±$13,098 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $57,656 ±$748
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $53,571 ±$378

20.4% ±10.7% (353  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 17.3% 216,021 (±0.5% / ±6,288)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.8% 850,486 (±0.3% / ±13,168)

26.8 minutes ±8.7 (13,600  ±6,035) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 25.9 13,846,145 (±0.2 / ±172,156)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.9 48,904,560 (±0.2 / ±385,647)

Families

537 ±116 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 495,557 ±1,946
  • Louisiana: 1,748,688 ±5,810
3.2 ±0.4 (1,730  ±424) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.5 1,248,652 (±0 / ±1,090)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.6 4,534,907 (±0)

2.8% ±4.8% (9  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5% 15,103 (±0.3% / ±996)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 5.4% 58,744 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

621 ±136 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 569,281 ±512
  • Louisiana: 2,066,323 ±946

$88,200 ±$30,044 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $214,300 ±$1,789
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $174,000 ±$963

14.4% ±11.5% (249  ±209.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 11.8% 148,486 (±0.4% / ±4,679.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 12.4% 569,665 (±0.2% / ±10,792.1)

Social

67.2% ±5.5% (649  ±179.9) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 88.1% 780,124 (±0.7% / ±6,571.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.2% 2,702,260 (±0.4% / ±13,255.8)
2.1% ±4.3% (20  ±42) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 32.2% 285,621 (±0.5% / ±3,994.6)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 25.5% 800,083 (±0.2% / ±7,403.4)

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

0.9% ±2.3% (16  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 7.6% 96,914 (±0.2% / ±2,856)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 4.2% 196,020 (±0.1% / ±4,092)

5.4% ±3.2% (66  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5.9% 57,706 (±0.2% / ±1,793)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.6% 232,389 (±0.1% / ±3,848)
66 Total veterans ±42 36 Male ±30 30 Female ±33

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