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70538

12,464 Population
230.7 square miles 54 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$26,127 ±$2,510 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: $28,265 ±$1,551
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$52,407 ±$6,500 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: $52,576 ±$3,030
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

22.7% ±4.3% (2,748  ±539) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 20.8% † 9,809 (±2.6% / ±1,218)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

21.4 minutes ±1.9 (97,025  ±13,770) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 23.2 414,510 (±1.9 / ±40,084)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

4,895 ±392 Number of households
  • the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 18,463 ±468
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.5 ±0.2 (12,058  ±696) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 2.6 47,101 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

6.5% ±3.7% (173  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 4.9% † 495 (±1.6% / ±160)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

6,296 ±389 Number of housing units
  • the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 22,507 ±85
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$117,800 ±$11,671 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: $138,900 ±$8,393
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

7.6% ±2.2% (941  ±281.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 10.9% † 5,137 (±2.1% / ±976)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

82.4% ±4.3% (6,807  ±568.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 80.3% 26,107 (±3.4% / ±1,093.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
13.6% ±3.1% (1,123  ±264.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 13.7% † 4,438 (±1.6% / ±515.5)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

1.4% ±0.8% (179  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 5% 2,369
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

5.1% ±1.2% (488  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 5.1% † 1,852 (±0.9% / ±316)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
488 Total veterans ±117 465 Male ±113 23 Female ±24

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