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Capital Region Planning Commission 3--Baton Rouge City PUMA, LA

179,603 Population
62.4 square miles 2,878.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,997 ±$2,550 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $30,117 ±$463
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$42,858 ±$4,093 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $52,087 ±$750
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

24.1% ±3.9% (41,271  ±7,068) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 19.6% 883,236 (±0.7% / ±30,108)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

24.5 minutes ±2.4 (1,666,690  ±220,275) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 25.5 45,267,840 (±0.5 / ±1,048,957)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

71,935 ±3,745 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,783,924 ±7,696
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (172,195  ±9,194) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,502,299 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.6% ±2.9% (2,648  ±1,425) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 5.5% 59,760 (±0.5% / ±4,989)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

87,330 ±3,754 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,093,387 ±356
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$206,600 ±$17,220 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $192,800 ±$3,009
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

18.8% ±2.9% (33,460  ±5,459.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 12.8% 583,900 (±0.5% / ±23,024)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

89.3% ±3.2% (100,037  ±6,073.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.7% 2,701,889 (±0.9% / ±28,997.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
35.7% ±2.8% (40,016  ±3,716) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 26.5% 824,369 (±0.5% / ±16,408.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

9.2% ±3.2% (15,320  ±5,310.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 7.7% 335,216 (±0.1% / ±5,601.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

8.5% ±1.9% (15,240  ±3,446) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Louisiana: 4.3% 199,915 (±0.2% / ±9,492)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

4.8% ±1.1% (6,539  ±1,488) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.3% 221,316 (±0.2% / ±8,461)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
6,539 Total veterans ±1,488 5,956 Male ±1,413 583 Female ±448

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