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State Senate District 16, LA

122,107 Population
51 square miles 2,396.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$52,618 ±$2,768 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$80,277 ±$4,032 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

11% ±1.6% (12,840  ±1,950) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.9 minutes ±0.7 (1,125,220  ±72,386) 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

51,351 ±1,836 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0 (116,968  ±4,300) 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

4.1% ±1% (1,310  ±333) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

59,931 ±1,600 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$318,500 ±$11,529 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

17.4% ±1.7% (20,957  ±2,130.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±,144,000.6)

Social

96.3% ±0.7% (77,239  ±2,520.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±,279,113.6)
54.4% ±1.5% (43,658  ±1,830) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)
  • about 1.5 times 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

7.8% ±0.9% (9,528  ±1,181) 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

4.7% ±0.5% (4,585  ±503) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
4,585 Total veterans ±503 4,334 Male ±480 251 Female ±130

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