Pineville, LA

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2023 Population

14,268

0.62% 1-year decline

US Senator

Bill Cassidy

Republican Party

US Senator

John Kennedy

Republican Party

2023 Median Age

3.15% 1-year increase

2023 Poverty Rate

18.8%

18.4% 1-year increase

2023 Median Household Income

$51,583

0.327% 1-year decline

2023 Employed Population

6,236

5% 1-year decline

About

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Pineville, LA are White (Non-Hispanic) (63.1%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (30.4%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (3.93%), Two+ (Hispanic) (0.974%), and White (Hispanic) (0.645%).

None of the households in Pineville, 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.

99.7% of the residents in Pineville, LA are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Pineville, LA are Louisiana Christian University (250 degrees awarded in 2022) and Pineville Beauty School (21 degrees).

Most people in Pineville, LA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 18.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Pineville, LA was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Pineville, LA is home to a population of 14.3k people, from which 99.7% are citizens. As of 2023, 1.9% of Pineville, LA residents were born outside of the country (271 people).

In 2023, there were 2.07 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (9k people) in Pineville, LA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.34k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 561 Two+ (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.7%

2023 Citizenship

99.5%

2022 Citizenship

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

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Pineville, LA

White (Non-Hispanic)
9k ± 689
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
4.34k ± 691
Two+ (Non-Hispanic)
561 ± 289

1.69%

Hispanic Population

241 people

1.69% of the people in Pineville, LA are hispanic (241 people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Pineville, LA as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

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

Most Common Origin

Honduras
36,279 ± 4,658 people
Mexico
23,092 ± 3,722 people
Vietnam
18,064 ± 3,293 people

In 2022, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Louisiana was Honduras, the natal country of 36,279 Louisiana residents, followed by Mexico with 23,092 and Vietnam with 18,064.

Foreign-Born Population

1.9%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

271 people

1.7%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

244 people

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

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
461 ± 168
Gulf War (1990s)
320 ± 172
Gulf War (2001-)
74 ± 66

Pineville, LA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.44 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Pineville, LA employs 6.24k people. The largest industries in Pineville, LA are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,627 people), Retail Trade (727 people), and Educational Services (626 people), and the highest paying industries are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($130,625), Utilities ($89,766), and Construction ($64,026).

Males in Louisiana have an average income that is 1.52 times higher than the average income of females, which is $49,789. The income inequality in Louisiana (measured using the Gini index) is 0.466, which is lower than than the national average.

Employment

Occupations

6.24k

2023 Value

± 762

−5%

1 Year decline

± 17.5%

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Pineville, LA, are Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (645 people), Sales & Related Occupations (615 people), and Healthcare Support Occupations (525 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Pineville, LA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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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.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

6.24k

2023 Value

± 762

−5%

1 Year decline

± 17.5%

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Pineville, LA, are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,627 people), Retail Trade (727 people), and Educational Services (626 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Pineville, LA, though some of these residents may live in Pineville, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$45,164

Median earning men ± $10,228

$28,991

Median earning women ± $7,242

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($175,768), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($130,625), and Public Administration ($70,357).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Public Administration ($46,923), Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($36,716), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($33,205).

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.

Civics

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.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Pineville, LA. Showing the available data for Louisiana.

2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (60.2%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (38.2%)
Democratic Party
Other (0.547%)
Other Party

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.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Louisiana

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Louisiana.

Bill Cassidy

Senator from Louisiana

Assumed office on January 3, 2015

John Kennedy

Senator from Louisiana

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.

US Representative Elections

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.

Education

In 2022, universities in Pineville, LA awarded 271 degrees. The student population of Pineville, LA in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 496 male students and 571 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Pineville, LA are White (198 and 74.2%), followed by Black or African American (46 and 17.2%), Two or More Races (11 and 4.12%), and Hispanic or Latino (10 and 3.75%).

The largest universities in Pineville, LA by number of degrees awarded are Louisiana Christian University (250 and 92.3%) and Pineville Beauty School (21 and 7.75%).

The most popular majors in Pineville, LA are General Educational Leadership & Administration (33 and 12.2%), Social Work (32 and 11.8%), and Teacher Education & Professional Development (28 and 10.3%).

The median tuition cost in Pineville, LA for private four year colleges is $19,590.

Completions

Concentrations

In 2022, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Pineville, LA was N/A with N/A degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Pineville, LA according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

Louisiana Christian University
250 degrees awarded
Pineville Beauty School
21 degrees awarded

In 2022, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Louisiana Christian University with 250 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

University

In 2022, 96 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Pineville, LA, which is 0.549 times less than the 175 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2022 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 198 degrees mean that there were 4.3 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 46 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

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.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($19,590) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2022.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($130) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2022.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,300) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

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.

Educational Attainment

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Race

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.

Housing & Living

People in Pineville, LA have an average commute time of 18.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Pineville, LA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Pineville, LA is $51,583. In 2023, the place with the highest median household income in Pineville, LA was Census Tract 116 with a value of $59,554, followed by Census Tract 117 and Census Tract 131, with respective values of $36,295 and $31,979.

Equity

Income by Location

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Highest Median Household Income (N/A)

Census Tract 116
Census Tract 117
Census Tract 131

In 2023, the place with the highest Median Household Income (N/A) in Pineville, LA was Census Tract 116 with a value of $59,554, followed by Census Tract 117 and Census Tract 131, with respective values of $36,295 and $31,979.

The following map shows all of the places in Pineville, LA colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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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.

$51,583

Median Household Income

± $5,968

5.93k

Number of Households

± 739

The following chart displays the households in Pineville, 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 Pineville, LA is from Louisiana.

0.466

2022 Wage GINI in Louisiana

0.467

2021 Wage GINI in Louisiana

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.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (80.9%)
Worked At Home (6.36%)
Carpooled (4.57%)

In 2023, 80.9% of workers in Pineville, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (6.36%) and those who carpooled to work (4.57%).

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

18.3 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Pineville, LA have a shorter commute time (18.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.69% of the workforce in Pineville, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

18.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Pineville, LA (2.47k out of 13.1k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Pineville, 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
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

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

Health

90% of the population of Pineville, LA has health coverage, with 38.8% on employee plans, 25.6% on Medicaid, 7.89% on Medicare, 15.3% on non-group plans, and 2.46% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Rapides Parish, LA see 1138 patients per year on average, which represents a 4.5% increase from the previous year (1089 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1865 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 185 patients per year.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,138 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Rapides Parish, LA

Primary care physicians in Rapides Parish, LA see an average of 1,138 patients per year. This represents a 4.5% increase from the previous year (1,089 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Rapides Parish, LA in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 25.3% under 18 years, 21.7% between 18 and 34 years, 36.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 16.2% 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.

Uninsured People

9.96%

Uninsured

38.8%

Employer Coverage

25.6%

Medicaid

7.89%

Medicare

15.3%

Non-Group

2.46%

Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Pineville, LA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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