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Baton Rouge, LA Urban Area

630,063 Population
396.3 square miles 1,589.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,192 ±$1,671 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$62,929 ±$3,884 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

18.1% ±1.9% (111,184  ±11,580) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.5 minutes ±0.7 (6,669,665  ±266,493) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

244,688 ±5,099 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (613,148  ±10,770) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.6% ±1.3% (7,565  ±2,086) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

280,783 ±3,700 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$249,100 ±$6,957 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.3% ±1.6% (82,803  ±9,924.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

90.3% ±2.3% (366,934  ±11,427.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
32.4% ±1.5% (131,800  ±6,503.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent 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

7.6% ±0.9% (47,882  ±5,654) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.9% ±0.5% (23,559  ±2,524) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
23,559 Total veterans ±2,524 21,101 Male ±2,456 2,458 Female ±791

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