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Opelousas, LA Urban Area

22,820 Population
18.6 square miles 1,227.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,926 ±$1,749 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,314 ±$3,805 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.1% ±3.5% (7,111  ±862) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.3 minutes ±3.8 (200,105  ±34,860) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,974 ±497 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (22,117  ±1,202) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±3% (338  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,391 ±521 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,000 ±$12,418 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.1% ±3.3% (2,705  ±746.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.1% ±4.2% (11,742  ±829.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.4% ±1.9% (1,667  ±290.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of 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

0.7% ±0.5% (168  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.5% ±0.8% (593  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
593 Total veterans ±144 575 Male ±144 18 Female ±24

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