Bayou Cane, LA
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None of the households in Bayou Cane, LA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
Most people in Bayou Cane, LA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Bayou Cane, LA was 2 cars per household.
The economy of Bayou Cane, LA employs 11.2k people. The largest industries in Bayou Cane, LA are Retail Trade (2,085 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (2,046 people), and Other Services, Except Public Administration (949 people), and the highest paying industries are .
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Bayou Cane, LA, are . This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Bayou Cane, LA.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Louisiana (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Bayou Cane, LA, are Retail Trade (2,085 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (2,046 people), and Other Services, Except Public Administration (949 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Bayou Cane, LA, though some of these residents may live in Bayou Cane, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($88,893), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($81,354), and Other Services Except Public Administration ($76,932).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($110,048), Public Administration ($50,789), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($45,000).
As of February 2023, there are 1.94M people employed in Louisiana. This represents a 1.78% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14.4%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Louisiana.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Louisiana went to Donald J. Trump with 60.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (38.2%), followed by Other (0.547%).
Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy are the senators currently representing the state of Louisiana. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Louisiana is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Louisiana went to Donald J. Trump with 60.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (38.2%), followed by Other (0.547%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in Louisiana for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.
Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy are the senators currently representing Louisiana.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in Louisiana over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Louisiana is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Louisiana have changed over time starting in 2008.
In 2022, universities in Bayou Cane, LA awarded 215 degrees. The student population of Bayou Cane, LA in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 7 male students and 294 female students.
In 2022, the most common concentation for 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Bayou Cane, LA was Medical Assistant with 42 degrees awarded.
This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate from schools in Bayou Cane, LA according to their major.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
In 2022, 1.03% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.811% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (1.2M), Some college (811k), and Secondary Education (604k).
This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
People in Bayou Cane, LA have an average commute time of 23.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Bayou Cane, LA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
Median household income in Bayou Cane, LA is N/A. In 2023, the place with the highest median household income in Bayou Cane, LA was Census Tract 4.02 with a value of $85,286, followed by Census Tract 4.01 and Census Tract 2.01, with respective values of $72,853 and $57,292.
This chart shows the percentage of owner in Bayou Cane, LA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
In 2023, the place with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Bayou Cane, LA was Census Tract 4.02 with a value of $85,286, followed by Census Tract 4.01 and Census Tract 2.01, with respective values of $72,853 and $57,292.
The following map shows all of the places in Bayou Cane, LA colored by their Median Household Income (Total).
The following chart displays the households in Bayou Cane, LA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.
In 2022, the income inequality in Louisiana was 0.466 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.313% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Louisiana was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Louisiana in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Louisiana across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2023, 82.3% of workers in Bayou Cane, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11.2%) and those who worked at home (3.34%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Bayou Cane, LA have a shorter commute time (23.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 3.73% of the workforce in Bayou Cane, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Bayou Cane, LA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Bayou Cane, LA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Bayou Cane, LA have 2 cars.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Bayou Cane, LA (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Males 25 - 34.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Bayou Cane, LA is White, followed by Black and Two Or More.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of Bayou Cane, LA has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 26.4% under 18 years, 24% between 18 and 34 years, 39.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 10.5% over 64 years.
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Bayou Cane, LA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
