Demographics of Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Bossier Parish, Louisiana had 131,867 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +3,220 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Bossier Parish, in four figures

131,867
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +2.5%
Change since July 2020: +3,220 people.; 36.7 ±0.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $69,617 ±$2,278
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Bossier Parish, Louisiana's population grew 2.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Bossier Parish, Louisiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Bossier Parish, Louisiana's population grew 2.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Bossier Parish, Louisiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	128,647	100.0	100.0
2021	129,279	100.5	100.2
2022	129,355	100.6	100.7
2023	130,413	101.4	101.6
2024	131,168	102.0	102.5
2025	131,867	102.5	103.1

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Population of Bossier Parish, Louisiana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	128,647	−8	+96	+6	−135
2021	129,279	+632	+189	+83	+232
2022	129,355	+76	+210	+561	−666
2023	130,413	+1,058	+450	+678	−53
2024	131,168	+755	+277	+881	−402
2025	131,867	+699	+275	+440	−30

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 36.7 ±0.3: for men 35.7 ±0.2 and for women 37.7 ±0.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Bossier Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under 5	8,302 ±133	6.4% ±0.1	6.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	23,911 ±934	18.4% ±0.7	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	10,790 ±631	8.3% ±0.5	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	36,972 ±927	28.5% ±0.7	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	29,797 ±989	23.0% ±0.8	24.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	20,017 ±1,065	15.4% ±0.8	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $69,617 ±$2,278, and income per person $37,533 ±$1,686, in 2024 dollars. The median is $60,756 ±$408 in Louisiana and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Bossier Parish by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under $25,000	8,256 ±846	16.2% ±1.6	22.4% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	10,230 ±979	20.1% ±1.9	20.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	8,732 ±840	17.2% ±1.6	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	6,981 ±655	13.7% ±1.3	11.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	8,599 ±791	16.9% ±1.5	14.8% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	4,114 ±640	8.1% ±1.3	7.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	3,914 ±576	7.7% ±1.1	7.8% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Bossier Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Louisiana	United States
All ages	20,246 ±1,882	15.9% ±1.5	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	7,478 ±833	23.5% ±2.4	25.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	9,707 ±1,173	14.2% ±1.7	17.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	3,061 ±470	11.3% ±1.7	15.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Bossier Parish, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Bossier Parish	Louisiana	United States
Housing units	56,743 ±58	2,108,902 ±333	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.6% ±1.2	85.6% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.4% ±1.2	14.4% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	65.1% ±1.4	67.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	34.9% ±1.6	32.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$227,200 ±$6,168	$216,500 ±$1,367	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,174 ±$38	$1,064 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1991 ±2	1983 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Bossier Parish by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	10,784 ±0	8.3% ±<0.1	7.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	79,969 ±1,153	61.6% ±0.9	55.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	30,531 ±519	23.5% ±0.4	30.5% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	2,068 ±321	1.6% ±0.2	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	186 ±77	0.1% ±0.1	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 46	0% to < 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	178 to 1,016	0.1% to 0.8%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	5,631 ±1,265	4.3% ±1.0	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Bossier Parish by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Born in the state	79,306 ±2,055	61.1% ±1.6	77.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	43,071 ±2,029	33.2% ±1.6	17.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	1,803 ±407	1.4% ±0.3	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	5,609 ±710	4.3% ±0.5	4.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	2,492 ±467	1.9% ±0.4	2.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	3,117 ±552	2.4% ±0.4	2.9% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Bossier Parish among the counties of Louisiana

12th of 64 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Louisiana page.

Counties of Louisiana near Bossier Parish in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Calcasieu Parish	208,466	−3.7%
Ouachita Parish	158,542	−1.0%
Livingston Parish	155,036	+8.5%
Tangipahoa Parish	141,346	+5.8%
Ascension Parish	135,105	+6.4%
Bossier Parish	131,867	+2.5%
Rapides Parish	125,877	−2.9%
Terrebonne Parish	104,163	−4.8%
Lafourche Parish	95,505	−2.0%
St. Landry Parish	80,765	−1.9%
Iberia Parish	66,846	−4.6%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026