2024 population: 882,652 ( 12,074 from 2020)
Land area: 4370.7 square miles
Population density: 201.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	470,361	53.29%	1.2%
Black:	314,377	35.62%	2.3%
Indian:	2,416	0.27%	6.9%
Asian:	20,872	2.36%	11.6%
2+ races:	12,365	1.40%	12.3%
Hispanic:	62,261	7.05%	13.2%

Total non-White:	412,291	46.71%	4.5%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	44,600	12.8
Deaths:	38,368	11.0
Net Migration:	-8,591	-2.5
Net Immigration:	14,204	4.1

Change in White population:	-5,802	-0.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	17,876	2.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
870,578
476,163	54.70%
307,440	35.31%
2,261	0.26%
18,705	2.15%
11,008	1.26%
55,001	6.32%
394,415	45.30%

2010
802,484
465,308	57.98%
284,561	35.46%
1,922	0.24%
14,400	1.79%
7,978	0.99%
27,357	3.41%
337,176	42.02%

2000
705,973
438,132	62.06%
239,920	33.98%
1,526	0.22%
9,355	1.33%
4,884	0.69%
11,582	1.64%
267,841	37.94%

1990
623,853
407,734	65.36%
200,801	32.19%
1,111	0.18%
5,781	0.93%
n/a
8,426	1.35%
216,119	34.64%

1980
591,383
393,607	66.56%
182,617	30.88%
703	0.12%
3,450	0.58%
n/a
10,410	1.76%
197,776	33.44%

1970
467,346
310,921	66.53%
149,168	31.92%
216	0.05%
427	0.09%
n/a
6,177	1.32%
156,425	33.47%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
104,150	13.0
64,814	8.1
-18,321	-2.3
7,906	1.0

10,855	1.4
57,239	7.1

Number	Rate
2000's
99,353	14.1
54,884	7.8
31,102	4.4
8,822	1.2

27,176	3.8
69,335	9.8

Number	Rate
1990's
103,969	16.7
50,148	8.0
636	0.1
5,051	0.8

30,398	4.9
51,722	8.3

Number	Rate
1980's
113,460	19.2
42,893	7.3
-33,227	-5.6
n/a

14,127	2.4
18,343	3.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
58,162	12.4
n/a

82,686	17.7
41,351	8.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
35.9
200,745	22.7%
681,907	77.3%
127,617	14.5%

321,734
2.62

207,515	64.5%
141,426	68.2%
25,485	12.3%
114,219	35.5%

2010
Number	Percent
34.2
198,327	24.7%
604,157	75.3%
86,152	10.7%

300,022
2.59

201,691	67.2%
134,006	66.4%
27,219	13.5%
98,331	32.8%

2000
Number	Percent
32.6
190,546	27.0%
515,427	73.0%
68,323	9.7%

256,919
2.64

180,582	70.3%
129,503	71.7%
23,623	13.1%
76,337	29.7%

1990
Number	Percent
30.1
178,464	28.6%
445,389	71.4%
57,528	9.2%

217,557
2.76

159,700	73.4%
121,454	76.1%
18,692	11.7%
57,857	26.6%

1980
Number	Percent
26.4
186,985	31.6%
404,398	68.4%
44,673	7.6%

191,733
2.97

147,195	76.8%
119,024	80.9%
14,540	9.9%
44,538	23.2%

2022 Housing Data for Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	20,914	6.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	13,659	4.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	11,983	3.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	13,497	4.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	13,897	4.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	13,184	4.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	11,256	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	12,277	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	11,489	3.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	23,133	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	28,595	8.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	37,033	11.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	31,852	9.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	21,944	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	27,069	8.4%
$200,000 or more	29,952	9.3%

Median Household Income	68,920
Per Capita Income	36,409

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	86

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	16,426	5.1%
Public Assistance	4,205	1.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	46,220	14.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	364,007	67.4%
Unemployed	26,187	4.8%
In Armed Forces	748	0.1%

Total Labor Force	390,942	72.4%
Not in Labor Force	149,172	27.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		32.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	151,346	117,478	56.3%
Non-Profit	8,505	17,999	32.1%
Self-Employed	23,717	13,523	63.7%

Local Government	9,920	18,342	35.1%
State Government	13,900	23,018	37.7%
Federal Government	2,398	2,770	46.4%

Total Private + Self	175,063	131,001	57.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	34,723	62,129	35.9%
Total	209,786	193,130	52.1%

Pct. Govt.	17.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	63,128	15.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	83,238	20.6%
Professional, Technical	97,426	24.1%
Service Occupations	66,529	16.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,483	0.4%
All others	93,123	23.1%

White Collar		60.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	56,267	13.9%
Retail trade	43,583	10.8%
Educational services	41,121	10.2%
Manufacturing	40,161	10.0%
Construction	35,684	8.8%
Accommodation and food services	29,519	7.3%
Public administration	26,738	6.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	24,677	6.1%
Other services	19,520	4.8%
Transportation and warehousing	16,035	4.0%
Finance and insurance	15,382	3.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	13,332	3.3%
Wholesale trade	10,127	2.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	7,785	1.9%
Information	7,103	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	6,665	1.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	3,642	0.9%
Utilities	3,503	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,338	0.6%
Management	262	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	12,309	1.42%
Puerto Rican	1,660	0.19%
Cuban	1,429	0.16%
Dominican	407	0.05%

Total Central American	14,452	1.66%
Costa Rican	288	0.03%
Guatemalan	1,872	0.22%
Honduran	8,006	0.92%
Nicaraguan	1,099	0.13%
Panamanian	154	0.02%
Salvadoran	2,716	0.31%
Other Central American	317	0.04%

Total South American	1,626	0.19%
Argentinean	32	0.00%
Bolivian	48	0.01%
Chilean	121	0.01%
Colombian	769	0.09%
Ecuadorian	118	0.01%
Paraguayan	1	0.00%
Peruvian	124	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	413	0.05%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	6,837	0.79%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	5,887	0.68%
Chinese	3,189	0.37%
Indian	3,161	0.36%
Filipino	2,045	0.24%
Korean	691	0.08%
Japanese	500	0.06%
Indonesian	356	0.04%
Thai	194	0.02%
Bangladeshi	143	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	763,346	93.5%
Spanish	25,708	3.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	6,326	0.8%
Vietnamese	4,499	0.6%
Other Indo-European	4,335	0.5%
Arabic	3,025	0.4%
Chinese	2,670	0.3%
Other Asian	1,550	0.2%
Tagalog	1,248	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
French	88,810	10.2%
American	63,687	7.3%
English	58,461	6.7%
German	54,843	6.3%
Irish	54,808	6.3%
Italian	39,322	4.5%
French Canadian	13,072	1.5%
European	8,787	1.0%
Scottish	8,367	1.0%
Cajun	7,293	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	6,443	0.7%
African	5,809	0.7%
Polish	3,526	0.4%
Welsh	3,026	0.3%
Swedish	2,872	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	846,239	97.3%
Not a citizen	23,516	2.7%

Native	832,483	95.7%
Foreign-born	37,272	4.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
21,574	3.8%	42,845	7.6%	174,618	30.8%	156,993	27.7%	108,214	19.1%	62,904	11.1%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	21,574	3.8%
9-12 Years	42,845	7.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	174,618	30.8%
Some College	156,993	27.7%
Bach. Degree	108,214	19.1%
Grad Degree	62,904	11.1%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	621,442	586,266	35,176	5.7%
1991	633,766	593,608	40,158	6.3%
1992	645,732	608,878	36,854	5.7%
1993	636,546	597,034	39,512	6.2%
1994	647,672	603,146	44,526	6.9%
1995	647,772	608,894	38,878	6.0%
1996	657,086	620,490	36,596	5.6%
1997	658,804	624,686	34,118	5.2%
1998	669,702	639,446	30,256	4.5%
1999	683,444	656,064	27,380	4.0%

2000	697,294	662,730	34,564	5.0%
2001	691,844	654,200	37,644	5.4%
2002	689,206	649,184	40,022	5.8%
2003	699,054	654,918	44,136	6.3%
2004	709,280	666,552	42,728	6.0%
2005	748,600	695,946	52,654	7.0%
2006	753,336	722,372	30,964	4.1%
2007	761,480	730,664	30,816	4.0%
2008	770,710	735,688	35,022	4.5%
2009	778,312	728,492	49,820	6.4%

2010	800,876	741,536	59,340	7.4%
2011	803,118	743,764	59,354	7.4%
2012	808,820	755,844	52,976	6.5%
2013	821,814	772,260	49,554	6.0%
2014	844,062	795,556	48,506	5.7%
2015	858,082	811,020	47,062	5.5%
2016	855,284	809,868	45,416	5.3%
2017	854,328	815,630	38,698	4.5%
2018	861,660	824,154	37,506	4.4%
2019	864,292	827,238	37,054	4.3%

2020	849,298	785,728	63,570	7.5%
2021	859,166	816,064	43,102	5.0%
2022	877,474	848,196	29,278	3.3%
2023	872,650	843,662	28,988	3.3%
2024	857,274	822,314	34,960	4.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	376,612
Median Value	$222,743

Occupied	321,734	85.4%
Vacant	54,878	14.6%

Owned	223,588	69.5%
Rented	98,146	30.5%
Median Rent	$1,066

Single-Family Units	255,695	67.9%
Detached	248,078	65.9%
Attached	7,617	2.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	54,520	14.5%
Mobile Homes	42,971	11.4%

Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Baton Rouge, LA Metro Area