DeRidder is home to 9,763 people in Louisiana. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 21% of adults. The typical home is worth $156,600, having more than doubled since 2000. 2% of residents were born outside the United States. 19.1% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Renters pay $958 a month at the median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $59,801, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
21% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 35%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about DeRidder
What changed most since 1990
White share61.1% → 51.7%(−9.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share35.9% → 28.1%(−7.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$117,843 → $156,600(+33%)US over the same years: +67%
DeRidder's population equals 27% of Beauregard Parish's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 50% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 49% 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)34.2%(409)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.8%(309)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.8%(477)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.8%(57)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,197 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
DeRidder, decade by decade
DeRidder 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
9,865
$59,740
$117,843
23.3%
62.2
2000
9,808
$58,206
$115,857
21.9%
65.4
2010
10,578
$58,092
$142,706
21.8%
70.3
2020
9,852
$59,854
$178,897
23.6%
74.4
2024
9,763
$59,801
$156,600
20.8%
79.3
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.
