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Ferriday, LA Urban Area

5,453 Population
4.8 square miles 1,127.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$14,898 ±$2,588 Per capita income
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$28,184 ±$7,202 Median household income
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

56.1% ±11.7% (2,575  ±600) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±7.1 (26,645  ±10,388) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,723 ±225 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.4 (4,629  ±469) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

18.8% ±12.2% (216  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,370 ±260 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$92,300 ±$21,569 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.3% ±2.9% (657  ±165) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

75.7% ±9.6% (2,646  ±407.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.1% ±5.7% (599  ±205.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.9% ±2.4% (268  ±130) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.1% ±1.7% (118  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
118 Total veterans ±65 96 Male ±51 22 Female ±27

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