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State House District 16, LA

42,309 Population
157.4 square miles 268.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,205 ±$1,218 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,225 ±$1,585 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

31.5% ±3.2% (12,450  ±1,379) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.5 minutes ±0.7 (332,550  ±29,633) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,303 ±669 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (39,612  ±1,856) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±1.8% (592  ±208) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

19,260 ±725 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,900 ±$17,402 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13% ±1.8% (5,415  ±802.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±3.3% (22,581  ±1,294.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.1% ±2% (5,303  ±572.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.7% ±0.6% (724  ±249) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±1% (1,755  ±346) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,755 Total veterans ±346 1,602 Male ±330 153 Female ±81

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