Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA

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2022 Population
121,349
29.7% 1-year decline
US Senator
Bill Cassidy
Republican Party
US Senator
John Kennedy
Republican Party
2022 Median Age
38.2
0.521% 1-year decrease
2022 Poverty Rate
20.7%
2.08% 1-year increase
2022 Median Household Income
$52,766
11.4% 1-year growth
2022 Median Property Value
$146,900
19.3% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA had a population of 121k people with a median age of 38.2 and a median household income of $52,766. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA declined from 172,596 to 121,349, a −29.7% decrease and its median household income grew from $47,379 to $52,766, a 11.4% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA are White (Non-Hispanic) (60.1%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (30.1%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (3.27%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (1.94%), and White (Hispanic) (1.55%).

9.96% of the households in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes 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.

98.6% of the residents in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA are J's Barber College (14 degrees awarded in 2022).

In 2022, the median property value in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA was $146,900, and the homeownership rate was 72.7%.

Most people in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 27.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA is home to a population of 121k people, from which 98.6% are citizens. As of 2022, 2.53% of Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA residents were born outside of the country (3.07k people).

In 2022, there were 2 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (73k people) in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 36.6k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 3.97k 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 Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA are French (Incl. Cajun) (6,166 households), Spanish (2,582 households), and Thai, Lao, or Other Tai-Kadai Languages (1,041 households).

Citizenship

98.6%
2022 Citizenship
98.2%
2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 98.6% of Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA was 98.2%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    73k ± 462
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    36.6k ± 754
  3. Two+ (Non-Hispanic)
    3.97k ± 806
3.91%
Hispanic Population
4.74k people

In 2022, there were 2 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (73k people) in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 36.6k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 3.97k Two+ (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

3.91% of the people in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA are hispanic (4.74k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA as a share of the total population.

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Foreign-Born Population

2.53%
2022 Foreign-Born Population
3.07k people
3.01%
2021 Foreign-Born Population
5.2k people

As of 2022, 2.53% of Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA residents (3.07k 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 Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA was 3.01%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Non-English Households

Most Common Non-English Languages
  1. French (Incl. Cajun)
    6,166 households (5.44%)
  2. Spanish
    2,582 households (2.28%)
  3. Thai, Lao, or Other Tai-Kadai Languages
    1,041 households (0.918%)

9.96% of the households in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes 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 Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA was French (Incl. Cajun). 5.44% of the households in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA reported speaking French (Incl. Cajun) 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
    1,973 ± 397
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    1,236 ± 305
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    1,006 ± 252

Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.6 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA employs 49.8k people. The largest industries in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA are Support activities for mining (3,678 people), Construction (3,637 people), and Elementary & secondary schools (3,622 people), and the highest paying industries are Oil & gas extraction ($141,142), Machine shops; turned product; screw, nut & bolt manufacturing ($105,893), and Petroleum refining ($95,897).

Workforce Diversity

Measure
RACE/ETHNICITY
32,713
Women
49.6%
33,307
Men
50.4%

The workforce of Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA in 2020 was 66,020 people, with 49.6% woman, and 50.4% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA.

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Occupations

49.8k
2022 Value
−24%
1 Year decline
± −24%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA declined at a rate of −24%, from 65.6k employees to 49.8k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA, are Cashiers (2,205 people), Driver/sales workers & truck drivers (1,294 people), and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (1,248 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

49.8k
2022 Value
−24%
1 Year decline
± −24%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA declined at a rate of −24%, from 65.6k employees to 49.8k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA, are Support activities for mining (3,678 people), Construction (3,637 people), and Elementary & secondary schools (3,622 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA, though some of these residents may live in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes 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

$51,470
Median earning men ± $3,638
$29,370
Median earning women ± $1,566

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Information ($69,041), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($67,417), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($65,697).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($46,127), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($45,125), and Public Administration ($37,529).

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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.

The following chart shows elected senators in Louisiana over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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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 Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA awarded 14 degrees. The student population of Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA in 2022 is skewed towards men, with 20 male students and 6 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA are Black or African American (8 and 57.1%), followed by White (6 and 42.9%), Asian (0 and 0%), and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders (0 and 0%).

The largest universities in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA by number of degrees awarded are J's Barber College (14 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA are Barbering (14 and 100%) and Cosmetology, Barber, & Nail Instructor (0 and 0%).

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2022, 0.839% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.25% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

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Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (44.6k), Secondary Education (19.7k), and Some college (16.9k).

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA was $146,900 in 2022, which is 0.521 times smaller than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $123,100 to $146,900, a 19.3% increase. The homeownership rate in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA is 72.7%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA have an average commute time of 27.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA is $52,766. In 2022, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA was Capital Region Planning Commission 5--Ascension Parish PUMA, LA with a value of $93,800, followed by Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA and Regional Planning Commission 1--St. Tammany Parish (Northwest) PUMA, LA, with respective values of $87,646 and $85,220.

Property

$146,900
Median Property Value 2022
±$8,062
$33,864
Median Property Taxes
±$1,450

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 Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

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Rent vs Own

72.7%
Homeownership
2022
67.7%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2022

In 2022, 72.7% of the housing units in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 70.1%.

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Income by Location

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In 2022, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA was Capital Region Planning Commission 5--Ascension Parish PUMA, LA with a value of $93,800, followed by Capital Region Planning Commission 2--East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA and Regional Planning Commission 1--St. Tammany Parish (Northwest) PUMA, LA, with respective values of $87,646 and $85,220.

The following map shows all of the PUMAs in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes 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.
$52,766
Median Household Income
± $2,238
46.6k
Number of Households
± 1,834

In 2022, the median household income of the 46.6k households in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA grew to $52,766 from the previous year's value of $47,379.

The following chart displays the households in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes 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 $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

0.424
2022 Wage GINI in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA
0.421
2021 Wage GINI in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA

In 2022, the income inequality in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA was 0.424 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.518% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA in comparison to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022
  1. Drove Alone (83.1%)
  2. Carpooled (7.91%)
  3. Worked At Home (5.88%)

In 2022, 83.1% of workers in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (7.91%) and those who worked at home (5.88%).

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

27.4 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA have a longer commute time (27.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 4.8% of the workforce in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes 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 Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA have 2 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

20.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA (24.9k out of 120k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Females 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA is Black, followed by White 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.

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Health

92% of the population of Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA has health coverage, with 33.4% on employee plans, 32.7% on Medicaid, 12% on Medicare, 12.8% on non-group plans, and 1.17% 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 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 26.4% under 18 years, 20% between 18 and 34 years, 37.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 15.7% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.5% were men and 51.5% were women.

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Uninsured People

7.97%
Uninsured
33.4%
Employer Coverage
32.7%
Medicaid
12%
Medicare
12.8%
Non-Group
1.17%
Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA grew by 1.8% from 7.83% to 7.97%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Acadiana Regional Development District 5--Iberia & St. Martin Parishes PUMA, LA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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