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State Senate District 26, LA

125,120 Population
1,755.4 square miles 71.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,100 ±$979 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $32,981 ±$265
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$51,476 ±$2,667 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $57,852 ±$468
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

21.1% ±1.8% (26,049  ±2,232) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.7% 842,038 (±0.3% / ±13,427)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

28.8 minutes ±0.8 (1,374,310  ±62,615) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 26 48,590,976 (±0.2 / ±384,117)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

48,016 ±940 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,765,264 ±5,601
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.6 ±0.1 (123,662  ±1,559) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.6 4,516,413
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

6.6% ±1.5% (1,863  ±423) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,415 (±0.2% / ±2,599)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

55,865 ±743 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,080,371 ±430
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$156,700 ±$8,893 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $198,300 ±$1,310
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

11% ±1.3% (13,579  ±1,633) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 12.1% 554,115 (±0.2% / ±11,044.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

82.9% ±2.2% (69,558  ±2,128) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 86.7% 2,706,792 (±0.5% / ±14,010.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
17.1% ±1.2% (14,382  ±,989.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 26.1% 815,569 (±0.3% / ±8,004.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

1.9% ±0.3% (2,356  ±416) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.2% 196,671
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

5.8% ±0.6% (5,436  ±590) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.5% 228,359 (±0.1% / ±3,332)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
5,436 Total veterans ±590 4,921 Male ±530 515 Female ±243

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