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Congressional District 1, LA

775,766 Population
3,675.5 square miles 211.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$40,055 ±$1,270 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $32,171 ±$366
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$69,732 ±$3,091 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $55,416 ±$800
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

13% ±1.2% (98,762  ±9,032) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 18.6% 829,565 (±0.5% / ±23,622)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

27.1 minutes ±0.7 (8,690,615  ±348,609) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.6 47,477,896 (±0.3 / ±713,182)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

311,659 ±5,556 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,816,902 ±10,634
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0.1 (763,318  ±11,590) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,466,263
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

6.1% ±1.1% (10,763  ±1,923) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 61,980 (±0.5% / ±5,188)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

344,445 ±4,729 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,113,178 ±174
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$266,600 ±$7,005 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $209,200 ±$2,324
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

10.9% ±1.2% (83,640  ±9,534.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 11.7% 531,059 (±0.5% / ±20,847.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

89.7% ±1.9% (484,844  ±12,314.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,702,838 (±0.9% / ±27,647.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
35% ±1.3% (189,423  ±7,372.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 27.1% 840,106 (±0.5% / ±15,508.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

11% ±1% (79,554  ±7,426.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 7.6% 330,876 (±0.1% / ±5,013.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

6.2% ±0.7% (48,063  ±5,178) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.2% 192,895
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.1% ±0.6% (36,593  ±3,314) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 6% 211,067 (±0.2% / ±7,616)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
36,593 Total veterans ±3,314 32,732 Male ±2,881 3,861 Female ±1,300

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