Jennings, LA

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

2022 Population

32,277

US Senator

Bill Cassidy

Republican Party

US Senator

John Kennedy

Republican Party

2022 Median Age

37.9

1.88% 1-year increase

2022 Poverty Rate

16%

5.46% 1-year decrease

2022 Median Household Income

$52,470

15.1% 1-year growth

2022 Median Property Value

Population & Diversity

Jennings, LA is home to a population of 32.3k people, from which 99.5% are citizens.

As of 2022, 0.713% of Jennings, LA residents were born outside of the country (230 people).

In 2022, there were 4.61 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (24.9k people) in Jennings, LA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 5.39k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 895 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.5%

2022 Citizenship

99.5%

2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 99.5% of Jennings, LA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Jennings, LA was 99.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Jennings, LA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Jennings, LA

White (Non-Hispanic)
24.9k ± 179
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
5.39k ± 256
Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
895 ± 280

2.59%

Hispanic Population

837 people

2.59% of the people in Jennings, LA are hispanic (837 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Jennings, LA as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the MSA level, so we are showing data for Louisiana.

Most Common Origin

Honduras
48,818 ± 5,396 people
Mexico
27,788 ± 4,080 people
Vietnam
17,351 ± 3,228 people

In 2024, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Louisiana was Honduras, the natal country of 48,818 Louisiana residents, followed by Mexico with 27,788 and Vietnam with 17,351.

Foreign-Born Population

0.713%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

230 people

0.818%

2021 Foreign-Born Population

264 people

As of 2022, 0.713% of Jennings, LA residents (230 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Jennings, LA was 0.818%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Jennings, LA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
706 ± 182
Gulf War (2001-)
332 ± 158
Gulf War (1990s)
208 ± 105

Jennings, LA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.13 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Jennings, LA.

Economy

The economy of Jennings, LA employs 13.2k people. In 2022, the largest industries in Jennings, LA were Health Care & Social Assistance (1,668 people), Educational Services (1,405 people), and Retail Trade (1,353 people), and the highest paying industries were Wholesale Trade ($140,625), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($89,470), and Utilities ($84,653).

Employment

Occupations

13.2k

2022 Value

± 1,018

4.67%

1 Year growth

± 10.1%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Jennings, LA grew at a rate of 4.67%, from 12.6k employees to 13.2k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Jennings, LA, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (1,318 people), Sales & Related Occupations (1,277 people), and Management Occupations (1,142 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Jennings, LA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Louisiana.

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.

Industries

Employment by Industries

13.2k

2022 Value

± 1,018

4.67%

1 Year growth

± 10.1%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Jennings, LA grew at a rate of 4.67%, from 12.6k employees to 13.2k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Jennings, LA, are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,668 people), Educational Services (1,405 people), and Retail Trade (1,353 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Jennings, LA, though some of these residents may live in Jennings, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$57,556

Median earning men ± $4,923

$28,904

Median earning women ± $1,794

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Wholesale Trade ($140,682), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($73,696), and Manufacturing ($69,533).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Manufacturing ($42,917), Construction ($37,730), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($35,938).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Louisiana.

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.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

51
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
47
Retail Trade
46
Construction

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$60.1k
Health Care and Social Assistance
$39.1k
Retail Trade
$28.4k
Construction

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Jennings, LA was $149,800 in 2022, which is 0.45 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $132,500 to $149,800, a 13.1% increase. The homeownership rate in Jennings, LA is 77.6%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Jennings, LA have an average commute time of 31.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Jennings, LA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$149,800

Median Property Value 2022

±$12,966

$9,071

Median Property Taxes

±$716

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 Jennings, LA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Jennings, LA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

77.6%

Homeownership

2022

67.2%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2022

In 2022, 77.6% of the housing units in Jennings, LA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 74.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Jennings, LA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$52,470

Median Household Income

± $5,233

11.7k

Number of Households

± 866

In 2022, the median household income of the 11.7k households in Jennings, LA grew to $52,470 from the previous year's value of $45,578.

The following chart displays the households in Jennings, 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.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Jennings, LA is from Louisiana.

0.464

2024 Wage GINI in Louisiana

0.465

2023 Wage GINI in Louisiana

In 2024, the income inequality in Louisiana was 0.464 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.265% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Louisiana was lower than than the national average of 0.474. 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.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (84.8%)
Carpooled (9.5%)
Worked At Home (2.82%)

In 2022, 84.8% of workers in Jennings, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9.5%) and those who worked at home (2.82%).

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.

Commute Time

31.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Jennings, LA have a longer commute time (31.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 5.23% of the workforce in Jennings, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Jennings, LA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Jennings, LA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Jennings, LA have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

16% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Jennings, LA (5.07k out of 31.7k 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 35 - 44, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Jennings, 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.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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