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Lake Charles, LA Metro Area

240,210 Population
3,000.2 square miles 80.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,060 ±$2,129 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$65,122 ±$5,157 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.8% ±2.6% (42,244  ±6,061) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.3 minutes ±0.7 (1,984,060  ±79,435) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

93,049 ±2,826 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (237,611  ±1,798) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.7% ±2.5% (3,130  ±1,393) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

114,415 ±865 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$215,900 ±$11,811 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.5% ±2.5% (27,216  ±5,865.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

91.3% ±4.3% (146,911  ±7,069.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
25.3% ±2.2% (40,700  ±3,497.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

2.6% ±0.6% (6,350  ±1,531) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

7.4% ±1.2% (13,433  ±2,204) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
13,433 Total veterans ±2,204 11,977 Male ±1,976 1,456 Female ±680

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