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Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area

383,269 Population
2,595.5 square miles 147.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,884 ±$1,436 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$57,514 ±$3,211 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20.5% ±2.2% (76,824  ±8,108) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.1 minutes ±1.2 (3,426,925  ±214,387) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

160,819 ±2,889 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (375,124  ±256) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5% ±1.4% (4,443  ±1,261) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

183,849 ±120 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$195,300 ±$9,541 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.4% ±2% (43,122  ±7,451.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.7% ±3.2% (234,695  ±8,431.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.7% ±1.7% (69,906  ±4,364) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.7% (14,011  ±2,303) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.9% ±0.8% (25,754  ±2,397) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
25,754 Total veterans ±2,397 21,977 Male ±1,918 3,777 Female ±1,153

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