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Regional Planning Commission 4--Jefferson Parish (Central) PUMA, LA

145,144 Population
23.6 square miles 6,141 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,318 ±$3,421 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,440 ±$571
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,235 ±$6,162 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,986 ±$803
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20.3% ±5.8% (29,407  ±8,651) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.7% 835,267 (±0.6% / ±28,512)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.7 minutes ±0.5 (1,327,755  ±58,469) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • 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

60,811 ±3,168 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,848,965 ±8,172
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (144,675  ±9,387) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.4 4,474,016
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6% ±3.5% (2,055  ±1,214) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.8% 61,866 (±0.4% / ±4,761)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

66,195 ±3,388 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,138,882 ±318
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$329,800 ±$13,251 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $223,200 ±$2,575
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.8% ±2.5% (12,641  ±3,716.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 10.6% 480,382 (±0.5% / ±22,340.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.5% ±3.1% (86,211  ±5,318.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 88.2% 2,749,670 (±0.9% / ±28,980.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.8% ±3% (42,188  ±3,582.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 27.8% 867,511 (±0.5% / ±16,543.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

20.3% ±2.9% (26,553  ±3,771.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 8.5% 366,868 (±0.1% / ±5,689.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

14.9% ±3.2% (21,570  ±4,803) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.2% 239,225
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±1.3% (4,552  ±1,442) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 6% 211,934 (±0.2% / ±7,249)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,552 Total veterans ±1,442 4,153 Male ±1,223 399 Female ±445

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