Shreveport ( SHREEV-port) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish. The 2020 census tabulation for the city's population was 201,573, while the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area had a population of 393,406.
Shreveport was founded in 1836 by the Shreve Town Company, a corporation established to develop a town at the juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, an overland route into the newly independent...
| Ethnicity | Shreveport | USA |
|---|---|---|
| White | 36.1% | 60.1% |
| African American | 57.1% | 12.2% |
| American Indian | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| Asian | 1.7% | 5.6% |
| Hawaiian | 0% | 0.2% |
| Multiracial | 1.8% | 2.8% |
| Hispanic | 2.7% | 18.2% |
| Other | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | Shreveport | USA |
|---|---|---|
| Less than $10,000 | 10.5% | 5.8% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 7% | 4.1% |
| $15,000 to $24,999 | 15.4% | 8.5% |
| $25,000 to $34,999 | 11.4% | 8.6% |
| $35,000 to $49,999 | 13% | 12.0% |
| $50,000 to $74,999 | 15.1% | 17.2% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 10.2% | 12.8% |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | 9.2% | 15.6% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 3.5% | 7.1% |
| Education | Shreveport | USA |
|---|---|---|
| < 9th Grade | 5% | 5.0% |
| 9-12th Grade | 9% | 7.0% |
| High School or GED | 31% | 27.0% |
| Other College | 23% | 20.0% |
| Associate's Degree | 7% | 9% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 15% | 20.0% |
| Master's Degree | 7% | 9.0% |
| Professional Degree | 2% | 2.0% |
| Doctorate Degree | 1% | 1.0% |