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State Senate District 5, LA

122,800 Population
23.9 square miles 5,133.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$41,109 ±$1,614 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$56,840 ±$2,765 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

24% ±1.7% (28,568  ±2,123) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.8 minutes ±0.3 (1,017,935  ±43,850) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

52,356 ±1,341 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0 (118,398  ±3,101) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.6% ±1% (1,475  ±328) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

68,189 ±1,119 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$353,600 ±$16,618 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

15.9% ±1.5% (19,387  ±1,826.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

87.1% ±1.7% (78,051  ±2,348.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
43% ±1.2% (38,523  ±1,405) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

8.1% ±0.9% (9,934  ±1,140) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

3.9% ±0.5% (3,885  ±473) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,885 Total veterans ±473 3,429 Male ±408 456 Female ±214

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