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As of 2010-2014, the per capita income of 71272 Zip Code is $1,905, which is much lower than the state average of $24,775 and is much lower than the national average of $28,555. 71272 Zip Code median household income is $-1. On average 71272 Zip Code residents spend 12.2 minutes per day commuting to work, which is lower than the state average of 24.5 minutes and is lower than the national average of 25.7 minutes.

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Per Capita Income, #504

71272 Zip Code	1,905 USD
Louisiana	24,775 USD
U.S.	28,555 USD

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical per capita income data.

Median Individual Worker Income, see rank

71272 Zip Code	2,499 USD
Louisiana	28,948 USD
U.S.	30,815 USD

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical median individual worker income data.

Male Median Individual Worker Income, see rank

71272 Zip Code	2,499 USD
Louisiana	37,322 USD
U.S.	36,116 USD

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical male median individual worker income data.

Female Median Individual Worker Income, see rank

71272 Zip Code	2,499 USD
Louisiana	22,260 USD
U.S.	25,692 USD

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical female median individual worker income data.

Employment Status

	71272 Zip Code	Louisiana	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	1,818, see rank	3,610,029	248,775,628
Male¹	904, 49.72%, see rank	48.33%	48.69%
Male, In Labor Force:²	220, 24.34%, see rank	66.11%	69.28%
Male, In Armed Forces²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.75%	0.73%
Male, Civilian²	220, 24.34%, see rank	65.37%	68.54%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	175, 79.55%, see rank	91.24%	90.49%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	45, 20.45%, see rank	8.76%	9.51%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	684, 75.66%, see rank	33.89%	30.72%
Female¹	914, 50.28%, see rank	51.67%	51.31%
Female, In Labor Force:²	445, 48.69%, see rank	56.47%	58.79%
Female, In Armed Forces²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.10%	0.11%
Female, Civilian²	445, 48.69%, see rank	56.38%	58.69%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	269, 60.45%, see rank	91.46%	91.18%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	176, 39.55%, see rank	8.54%	8.82%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	469, 51.31%, see rank	43.53%	41.21%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical employment status data.

Commuting to Work

	71272 Zip Code	Louisiana	U.S.
Workers 16 Years and Over	438, 100%	1,970,623	141,337,148
Car, Truck, or Van—Drove Alone	191, 43.61%, see rank	82.15%	76.41%
Car, Truck, or Van—Carpooled	0, 0.00%, see rank	10.15%	9.59%
Public Transportation	6, 1.37%, see rank	1.34%	5.06%
Walked	62, 14.16%, see rank	1.91%	2.78%
Other Means	4, 0.91%, see rank	2.12%	1.79%
Worked at Home	175, 39.95%, see rank	2.33%	4.37%

Mean Travel Time to Work, see rank

71272 Zip Code	12.2 minutes
Louisiana	24.5 minutes
U.S.	25.7 minutes

Ranks: 9 min. or less, 10-19 min., 20-29 min., 30-39 min., 40-59 min., 60-89 min., 90min. or more

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical commuting to work data.

Careers

Occupation

	71272 Zip Code	Louisiana	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	444	2,002,410	143,435,233
Male¹	175, 39.41%, see rank	51.97%	52.38%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	46, 26.29%, see rank	27.14%	33.12%
Service Occupations²	99, 56.57%, see rank	14.86%	15.12%
Sales and Office Occupations²	13, 7.43%, see rank	14.95%	17.47%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	1.09%	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	14.25%	9.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	17, 9.71%, see rank	20.37%	17.94%
Female¹	269, 60.59%, see rank	48.03%	47.62%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	44, 16.36%, see rank	37.06%	40.04%
Service Occupations²	112, 41.64%, see rank	23.87%	21.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	108, 40.15%, see rank	34.27%	31.93%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.16%	0.32%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.41%	0.28%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	5, 1.86%, see rank	3.93%	5.65%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	71272 Zip Code	Louisiana	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	444, 100%	2,002,410	143,435,233
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	0, 0.00%, see rank	4.76%	1.96%
Construction	0, 0.00%, see rank	8.05%	6.17%
Manufacturing	8, 1.80%, see rank	8.01%	10.43%
Wholesale Trade	0, 0.00%, see rank	2.61%	2.75%
Retail Trade	26, 5.86%, see rank	11.68%	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	0, 0.00%, see rank	5.26%	4.93%
Information	3, 0.68%, see rank	1.55%	2.14%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	0, 0.00%, see rank	5.18%	6.60%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	16, 3.60%, see rank	8.60%	10.89%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	283, 63.74%, see rank	23.35%	23.21%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	90, 20.27%, see rank	10.15%	9.49%
Public Administration	14, 3.15%, see rank	5.62%	4.92%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	4, 0.90%, see rank	5.17%	4.96%

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical careers data.