Jennings is home to 9,553 people in Louisiana. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $136,700. The foreign-born share is 2%. Median household income is $48,558, under the $82,259 national median. Median rent is $881 a month.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $48,558, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 33%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Jennings
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate32.9% → 19.1%(−13.7 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Population11,305 → 9,553(−15%)US over the same years: +35%
Adults with a bachelor's degree10.0% → 16.0%(+6.0 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Jennings's population equals 30% of Jefferson Davis Parish's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 67% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 54% 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)9.5%(39)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)6.8%(28)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era48.9%(200)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War12%(49)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.2%(5)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 409 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
Jennings, decade by decade
Jennings 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
11,305
$40,448
$101,043
10.0%
50.0
2000
10,986
$44,467
$102,559
11.1%
54.2
2010
10,383
$55,975
$118,970
11.9%
57.9
2020
9,837
$34,373
$114,416
16.4%
62.3
2024
9,553
$48,558
$136,700
16.0%
66.5
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.
