Baton Rouge is a relatively large city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 220,907 people and 94 associated neighborhoods, Baton Rouge is the second largest community in Louisiana.Unlike some cities, Baton Rouge isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Baton Rouge are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Baton Rouge is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Baton Rouge who work in sales jobs (10.84%), management occupations (9.85%), and teaching (9.33%). Also of interest is that Baton Rouge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.19% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Baton Rouge is a nice balance between life in a moderately big city and the interesting diversions and culture that come from having a big college student population. The thousands of students who arrive on campus every fall will find that Baton Rouge has plenty of amenities and opportunities for them, while residents of Baton Rouge enjoy the lectures, music, art, and economic trickle-down that colleges typically provide. "Town and Gown" complement each other in Baton Rouge. The education level of Baton Rouge citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.56% of adults in Baton Rouge have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Baton Rouge in 2022 was $34,731, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,924 for a family of four. However, Baton Rouge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Baton Rouge is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Baton Rouge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Baton Rouge residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Baton Rouge include French, English, German, Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Baton Rouge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
