Compare Shreveport Metro Area, LA vs Louisiana (LA) vs United States

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Metric	Shreveport Metro Area, LA Metro Area	Louisiana (LA) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	386,819	4,611,961	334,922,499
Rent	$1,014	$1,064	$1,413
Year built	1980	1983	1980
Household income	$55,925	$60,756	$80,734
Per capita income	$34,556	$35,038	$44,673
Poverty rate	20.2%	18.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.3%	4.0%
Household size	2.4	2.5	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	47.3%	47.7%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	386,819	4,611,961	334,922,499
Adults over 25	262,802	3,107,436	230,807,303
Total households	157,101	1,804,780	129,227,496
Household size	2.4	2.5	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$55,925	$60,756	$80,734
Per capita income	$34,556	$35,038	$44,673
Poverty rate	20.2%	18.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.3%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	47.3%	47.7%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,014	$1,064	$1,413
Year built	1980	1983	1980
Households that rent	37.1%	32.6%	34.8%
Households that own	62.9%	67.4%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.5	5.5	5.5
Race
White	50.9%	56.9%	61%
Black	39.4%	30.7%	12.2%
Asian	1.3%	1.7%	6%
Two or more races	6.3%	7.4%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	7.2%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	94.7%	92.8%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	93.2%	91.9%	84.9%
Commute time to work	22.0 min	26.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	6.8%	8.1%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	32.9%	30.4%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	30.9%	32.5%	26%
Some college or associate degree	10.2%	10%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	26.1%	27%	35.7%