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Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area

873,060 Population
4,370.7 square miles 199.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$34,734 ±$964 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$64,222 ±$1,600 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

15.7% ±1.3% (132,182  ±10,762) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

26.4 minutes ±0.8 (10,001,710  ±397,146) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

337,685 ±4,140 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0 (843,404  ±465) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.6% ±1.1% (9,679  ±2,363) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

384,601 ±849 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$234,000 ±$6,449 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.8% ±1.4% (119,283  ±11,728) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

89.1% ±2.3% (511,406  ±13,363.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
30.1% ±1.3% (172,942  ±7,470.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

4.5% (39,468  ±4,384) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

4.9% ±0.5% (33,117  ±3,253) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
33,117 Total veterans ±3,253 30,023 Male ±2,806 3,094 Female ±1,106

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