Compare Baton Rouge Metro Area, LA vs Louisiana (LA) vs United States

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Metric	Baton Rouge Metro Area, LA Metro Area	Louisiana (LA) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	875,313	4,611,961	334,922,499
Rent	$1,135	$1,064	$1,413
Year built	1990	1983	1980
Household income	$69,599	$60,756	$80,734
Per capita income	$37,693	$35,038	$44,673
Poverty rate	16.6%	18.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%	4.0%
Household size	2.6	2.5	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	47.9%	47.7%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	875,313	4,611,961	334,922,499
Adults over 25	570,234	3,107,436	230,807,303
Total households	332,585	1,804,780	129,227,496
Household size	2.6	2.5	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$69,599	$60,756	$80,734
Per capita income	$37,693	$35,038	$44,673
Poverty rate	16.6%	18.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	47.9%	47.7%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,135	$1,064	$1,413
Year built	1990	1983	1980
Households that rent	30.9%	32.6%	34.8%
Households that own	69.1%	67.4%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.5	5.5	5.5
Race
White	54.1%	56.9%	61%
Black	34%	30.7%	12.2%
Asian	2.1%	1.7%	6%
Two or more races	6.4%	7.4%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	7.2%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	93.4%	92.8%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	92.1%	91.9%	84.9%
Commute time to work	27.0 min	26.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	7.9%	8.1%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	28.9%	30.4%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	31%	32.5%	26%
Some college or associate degree	9.6%	10%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	30.4%	27%	35.7%