Demographics Information and statistics for Baton Rouge

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Demographics Information and statistics for Baton Rouge

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Baton Rouge Demographics Information

Population (year 2000): 227,818
Males: 108,255 (47.5%), Females: 119,563 (52.5%)

Elevation: 53 feet

County: East Baton Rouge

Land area: 76.8 square miles

Zip codes: 70801..70823, 70825..70827, 70835..70837, 70892..70896, 70884, 70883, 70879, 70874, 70898, 70833, 70831.

Median resident age: 30.4 years
Median household income: $42,368
Median house value: $172,000

Races in Baton Rouge:

Black (50.0%)
White Non-Hispanic (44.7%)
Hispanic (1.7%)
Vietnamese (1.2%)
Two or more races (1.0%)
Chinese (0.6%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: French (8.9%), English (6.3%), German (6.2%), Irish (5.7%), United States (4.2%), Italian (3.9%).

For population 25 years and over in Baton Rouge

High school or higher: 80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 31.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 12.8%
Unemployed: 8.3%
Mean travel time to work: 20.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Baton Rouge city

Never married: 39.3%
Now married: 40.6%
Separated: 2.8%
Widowed: 7.2%
Divorced: 10.1%

4.4% Foreign born (2.2% Asia, 1.0% Latin America, 0.7% Europe).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (295.5 miles, pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Merrydale, LA (3.6 miles), Port Allen, LA (4.8 miles), Westminster, LA (4.9 miles), Inniswold, LA (6.2 miles), Brownfields, LA (6.5 miles), Monticello, LA (6.7 miles), Oak Hills Place, LA (7.3 miles), Gardere, LA (7.4 miles).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 176 buildings, average cost: $70,700
1997: 132 buildings, average cost: $77,600
1998: 149 buildings, average cost: $71,800
1999: 309 buildings, average cost: $66,400
2000: 210 buildings, average cost: $73,900
2001: 215 buildings, average cost: $80,100
2002: 260 buildings, average cost: $81,900

Area code: 225

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (25.2%), Retail trade (11.6%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (10.7%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (10.5%).

Crime in Baton Rouge (2001):

46 murders (20.2 per 100,000)
62 rapes (27.2 per 100,000)
1,071 robberies (470.1 per 100,000)
1,368 assaults (600.5 per 100,000)
3,716 burglaries (1631.1 per 100,000)
12,128 larceny counts (5323.5 per 100,000)
1,758 auto thefts (771.7 per 100,000)
City-data.com crime index = 681.1 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)