Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA

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2022 Population
103,017
25.7% 1-year decline
US Senator
Bill Cassidy
Republican Party
US Senator
John Kennedy
Republican Party
2022 Median Age
35.3
1.73% 1-year increase
2022 Median Household Income
$87,646
16.8% 1-year growth
2022 Median Property Value
$303,100
17.6% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA had a population of 103k people with a median age of 35.3 and a median household income of $87,646. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA declined from 138,575 to 103,017, a −25.7% decrease and its median household income grew from $75,037 to $87,646, a 16.8% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA are White (Non-Hispanic) (56.6%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (27.8%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (4.76%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (3.61%), and Other (Hispanic) (3.38%).

10.8% of the households in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, 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.

95.9% of the residents in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA are ITI Technical College (241 degrees awarded in 2022), Unitech Training Academy-Baton Rouge (102 degrees), and Remington College-Baton Rouge Campus (84 degrees).

In 2022, the median property value in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA was $303,100, and the homeownership rate was 67.4%.

Most people in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 24.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA is home to a population of 103k people, from which 95.9% are citizens. As of 2022, 7.79% of Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA residents were born outside of the country (8.02k people).

In 2022, there were 2.04 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (58.3k people) in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 28.6k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 4.91k Two+ (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

The most common non-English languages spoken as the primary langauge in households in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA are Spanish (4,790 households), Arabic (1,033 households), and French (Incl. Cajun) (759 households).

Citizenship

95.9%
2022 Citizenship
95.3%
2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 95.9% of Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA was 95.3%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    58.3k ± 2.18k
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    28.6k ± 2.23k
  3. Two+ (Non-Hispanic)
    4.91k ± 1.68k
6.78%
Hispanic Population
6.98k people

In 2022, there were 2.04 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (58.3k people) in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 28.6k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 4.91k Two+ (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

6.78% of the people in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA are hispanic (6.98k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA as a share of the total population.

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Foreign-Born Population

7.79%
2022 Foreign-Born Population
8.02k people
8.22%
2021 Foreign-Born Population
11.4k people

As of 2022, 7.79% of Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA residents (8.02k people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA was 8.22%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Non-English Households

Most Common Non-English Languages
  1. Spanish
    4,790 households (4.95%)
  2. Arabic
    1,033 households (1.07%)
  3. French (Incl. Cajun)
    759 households (0.784%)

10.8% of the households in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language, which is lower than the national average of 21.7%. 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.

In 2022, the most common non-English language spoken in households in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA was Spanish. 4.95% of the households in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA reported speaking Spanish at home as the primary shared language between all members living in the household.

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Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    1,680 ± 356
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    789 ± 293
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    730 ± 271

Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.13 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA employs 55.6k people. The largest industries in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA are Restaurants & Food Services (3,842 people), Construction (3,483 people), and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (3,019 people), and the highest paying industries are Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c. ($185,005), Professional & commercial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers ($179,566), and Car Dealers ($152,412).

Workforce Diversity

Measure
RACE/ETHNICITY
35,208
Women
51.7%
32,896
Men
48.3%

The workforce of Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA in 2020 was 68,104 people, with 51.7% woman, and 48.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA.

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Occupations

55.6k
2022 Value
−21.3%
1 Year decline
± −21.3%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA declined at a rate of −21.3%, from 70.7k employees to 55.6k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA, are . This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

55.6k
2022 Value
−21.3%
1 Year decline
± −21.3%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA declined at a rate of −21.3%, from 70.7k employees to 55.6k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA, are Restaurants & Food Services (3,842 people), Construction (3,483 people), and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (3,019 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA, though some of these residents may live in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$65,325
Median earning men ± $4,086
$41,414
Median earning women ± $3,545

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Wholesale Trade ($135,338), Manufacturing ($92,683), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($82,921).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($66,220), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($55,243), and Construction ($54,969).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
1.78%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

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.

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Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Louisiana went to Donald J. Trump with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (39.9%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.01%).

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.

US Senators from Louisiana

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Bill Cassidy
Senator from Louisiana2
Assumed office on January 3, 2015
John Kennedy
Senator from Louisiana3
Assumed office on January 3, 2017

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.

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US Representatives from Louisiana

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.

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Education

In 2022, universities in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA awarded 457 degrees. The student population of Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA in 2022 is skewed towards men, with 553 male students and 225 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA are Black or African American (247 and 54%), followed by White (159 and 34.8%), Unknown (20 and 4.38%), and Two or More Races (14 and 3.06%).

The largest universities in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA by number of degrees awarded are ITI Technical College (241 and 52.7%), Unitech Training Academy-Baton Rouge (102 and 22.3%), and Remington College-Baton Rouge Campus (84 and 18.4%).

The most popular majors in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA are Instrumentation Technology (79 and 17.3%), Manufacturing Engineering Technology (68 and 14.9%), and Medical Assistant (62 and 13.6%).

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2022, 0.848% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.391% of women were in the same situation.

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Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA in false were N/A.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA was $303,100 in 2022, which is 1.08 times larger than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $257,700 to $303,100, a 17.6% increase. The homeownership rate in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA is 67.4%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA have an average commute time of 24.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$303,100
Median Property Value 2022
±$11,320
$26,644
Median Property Taxes
±$1,422

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

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Rent vs Own

67.4%
Homeownership
2022
67.7%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2022

In 2022, 67.4% of the housing units in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 63.4%.

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Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the PUMAs in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$87,646
Median Household Income
± $3,528
39.6k
Number of Households
± 1,937

In 2022, the median household income of the 39.6k households in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA grew to $87,646 from the previous year's value of $75,037.

The following chart displays the households in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, 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 $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

N/A Wage GINI in N/A
  1. N/A
  2. N/A

In N/A, the income inequality in N/A was N/A according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a N/A N/A from N/A to N/A, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat N/A even. The GINI for N/A was N/A than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed N/A evenly in N/A in comparison to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022
  1. Drove Alone (83%)
  2. Worked At Home (8.16%)
  3. Carpooled (7.28%)

In 2022, 83% of workers in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (8.16%) and those who carpooled to work (7.28%).

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.

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Commute Time

24.1 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA have a shorter commute time (24.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 2.03% of the workforce in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA have 2 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, 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 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Males 6 - 11 and then Males 18 - 24.

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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.

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Health

94.2% of the population of Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA has health coverage, with 53.3% on employee plans, 15.3% on Medicaid, 11% on Medicare, 13.8% on non-group plans, and 0.831% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Louisiana see 1427 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.488% decrease from the previous year (1434 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1718 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 308 patients per year.

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,427 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Louisiana

Primary care physicians in Louisiana see an average of 1,427 patients per year. This represents a 0.488% decrease from the previous year (1,434 patients).

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Health Care Diversity

In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.6% were men and 52.4% were women.

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Uninsured People

5.81%
Uninsured
53.3%
Employer Coverage
15.3%
Medicaid
11%
Medicare
13.8%
Non-Group
0.831%
Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA declined by 4.07% from 6.06% to 5.81%.

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