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Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area

389,155 Population
2,595.4 square miles 149.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,641 ±$1,532 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $30,117 ±$463
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$48,164 ±$2,924 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $52,087 ±$750
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

21.4% ±2.1% (81,626  ±8,233) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 19.6% 883,236 (±0.7% / ±30,108)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22.6 minutes ±0.8 (3,250,180  ±196,516) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.5 45,267,840 (±0.5 / ±1,048,957)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

155,848 ±3,386 Number of households
  • Louisiana: 1,783,924 ±7,696
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0.1 (381,930  ±3,692) 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

4.1% ±1.4% (3,802  ±1,289) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 5.5% 59,760 (±0.5% / ±4,989)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

181,082 ±1,567 Number of housing units
  • Louisiana: 2,093,387 ±356
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$175,200 ±$11,560 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $192,800 ±$3,009
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

14.3% ±1.9% (55,016  ±7,472.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 12.8% 583,900 (±0.5% / ±23,024)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

87.3% ±3.2% (228,493  ±8,606.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
25.8% ±1.8% (67,517  ±4,809.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 26.5% 824,369 (±0.5% / ±16,408.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

2.1% ±0.4% (8,045  ±1,615) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.3% 199,915 (±0.2% / ±9,492)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

7.9% ±0.8% (22,807  ±2,243) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.3% 221,316 (±0.2% / ±8,461)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
22,807 Total veterans ±2,243 20,986 Male ±2,256 1,821 Female ±609

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