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Avoyelles Parish, LA

Demographic and economic profile of Avoyelles Parish, LA, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Avoyelles Parish is a small, rural Louisiana parish of roughly 39,000 residents with a labor force participation rate of just 49.5% and an unemployment rate of 6.8%, reflecting a constrained and relatively limited working-age base. Educational attainment is low — only 10.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher — and median household income stands at $39,325, with a poverty rate of 27.4%. Housing costs are among the more affordable in the region, with a median home value of $120,200 and median gross rent of $739 per month, though the parish has shed 4.2% of its population over the past five years.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

39,176

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$39,325

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

39.0 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-4.2% since 2018

Avoyelles Parish lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone24,680 (63.4%)
  • Black or African American Alone10,646 (27.4%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races1,954 (5.0%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race662 (1.7%)
  • Some Other Race Alone383 (1.0%)
  • Asian Alone354 (0.9%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)2,199
  2. 2.Spanish767
  3. 3.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)64
  4. 4.Other Indo-European62
  5. 5.Arabic48

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

23.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

58.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

17.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.4%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

1,587

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$23,112

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$23,854

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

6.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

27.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance3,842
  2. 2.Construction (Group)1,640
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)1,448
  4. 4.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services1,348
  5. 5.Public Administration (Group)1,079

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations4,299
  2. 2.Service Occupations3,672
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations2,348
  4. 4.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations2,278
  5. 5.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,488

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 3.13×)707
  2. 2.Construction (LQ 1.78×)1,741
  3. 3.Public Administration (LQ 1.46×)978
  4. 4.Wholesale Trade (LQ 1.37×)446
  5. 5.Retail Trade (LQ 1.19×)1,832

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$120,200

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$739/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

70.1%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $200,000 to $249,9991,143 (11.3%)
  • $100,000 to $124,9991,001 (9.9%)
  • $50,000 to $59,999768 (7.6%)
  • $300,000 to $399,999760 (7.5%)
  • $90,000 to $99,999653 (6.5%)
  • $80,000 to $89,999647 (6.4%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

10.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

77.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

49.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$31,843

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

36.3 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

9.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone11,522 (82.5%)
  • Carpooled836 (6.0%)
  • Worked At Home768 (5.5%)
  • Other502 (3.6%)
  • Walked319 (2.3%)
  • Bicycle17 (0.1%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.