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Simmesport, LA

1,455 Population
2.2 square miles 666 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±13.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Avoyelles Parish: 38.2 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$20,426 ±$5,854 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Avoyelles Parish: $23,854 ±$1,959
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$26,250 ±$12,991 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Avoyelles Parish: $39,439 † ±$5,708
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

46.6% ±17.3% (648  ±300) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 27.4% 9,875 (±2.6% / ±948)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

32.3 minutes ±14.4 (15,065  ±8,543) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Avoyelles Parish: 36.4 492,040 (±3.1 / ±47,629)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

576 ±136 Number of households
  • Avoyelles Parish: 14,540 ±377
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.4 ±0.3 (1,390  ±383) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Avoyelles Parish: 2.5 36,025 (±0.1 / ±78)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

4.6% ±5.5% (17  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 8.4% † 696 (±2.4% / ±202)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

709 ±134 Number of housing units
  • Avoyelles Parish: 18,323 ±84
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$60,100 ±$7,943 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Avoyelles Parish: $120,200 ±$9,236
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

15.7% ±13.9% (227  ±209.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 11.4% † 4,432 (±2% / ±784.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

72.1% ±8.1% (690  ±189.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 77% 20,489 (±3.8% / ±1,024.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
4.3% ±4.5% (41  ±44.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 10.9% † 2,905 (±1.6% / ±418.3)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.7% ±2.7% (63  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Avoyelles Parish: 5.5% † 1,636 (±0.9% / ±259)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
63 Total veterans ±34 63 Male ±34 N/A Female ±14

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