Moving to Jennings, Louisiana
About Jennings, Louisiana

Jennings is a city in, and the parish seat of, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States, near Lake Charles. The population was 10,383 at the 2010 census, a small decline from the 2000 tabulation.
Jennings is the principal city of the Jennings Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Jefferson Davis Parish. It is also part of the larger Lake Charles-Jennings Combined Statistical Area. It is also part of the large, 22-parish Acadiana region of the state, with a large Francophone population, many descended from early Acadian settlers.
Gender
Gender | Jennings | Louisiana | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Female | 49.4% | 51.2% | 50.8% |
Male | 50.6% | 48.8% | 49.2% |
Gender
Female Male
Household Income
< $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more
Income | Jennings | Louisiana | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Less than $10,000 | 12.5% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 7.9% | 5.5% | 4.1% |
$15,000 to $24,999 | 26.2% | 12.2% | 8.5% |
$25,000 to $34,999 | 11.4% | 10.2% | 8.6% |
$35,000 to $49,999 | 7.6% | 12.5% | 12.0% |
$50,000 to $74,999 | 11.7% | 16.3% | 17.2% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 5.7% | 11.4% | 12.8% |
$100,000 to $149,999 | 9.5% | 13% | 15.6% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 4.7% | 5.3% | 7.1% |
$200,000 or more | 2.8% | 4.7% | 8.3% |
Education
< 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree
Education | Jennings | Louisiana | Country |
---|---|---|---|
< 9th Grade | 7% | 5% | 5.0% |
9-12th Grade | 16% | 9% | 7.0% |
High School or GED | 40% | 33% | 27.0% |
Other College | 18% | 21% | 20.0% |
Associate's Degree | 3% | 7% | 9% |
Bachelor's Degree | 10% | 16% | 20.0% |
Master's Degree | 4% | 6% | 9.0% |
Professional Degree | 2% | 2% | 2.0% |
Doctorate Degree | 0% | 1% | 1.0% |
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Race / Ethnicity
White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other
Ethnicity | Jennings | Louisiana | Country |
---|---|---|---|
White | 70% | 58.3% | 60.1% |
African American | 23.7% | 31.9% | 12.2% |
American Indian | 1% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
Asian | 0% | 1.7% | 5.6% |
Hawaiian | 0% | 0% | 0.2% |
Other | 0% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
Multiracial | 4.2% | 2% | 2.8% |
Hispanic | 1.1% | 5.2% | 18.2% |
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