Baker is a city of 12,253 people in Louisiana. The poverty rate is 29.8%, above the 12.5% national rate. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 21% of adults. This skews young, with a median age of 33.5. The foreign-born share is 1%. The typical home is worth $157,900, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $54,750, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 33.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
21% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Baker
What changed most since 1990
Black share27.7% → 87.0%(+59.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
White share71.5% → 10.0%(−61.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate14.9% → 29.8%(+14.9 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Baker's population equals 2.7% of East Baton Rouge Parish's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.4% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)19%(51)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)22.3%(60)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era24.9%(67)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0.7%(2)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.5%(4)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 269 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Baker, decade by decade
Baker population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
13,233
$67,610
$130,084
13.1%
51.4
2000
13,793
$64,033
$127,152
14.7%
65.0
2010
13,895
$56,972
$157,955
19.3%
45.7
2020
12,455
$78,122
$138,778
16.7%
38.6
2024
12,253
$54,750
$157,900
20.6%
29.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
