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Jennings, LA
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Jennings profile


Living in Jennings



Jennings is a somewhat small city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 9,594 people and four associated neighborhoods, Jennings is the 47th largest community in Louisiana.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Jennings has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Jennings a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Jennings is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The percentage of adults in Jennings with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.53% of adults in Jennings have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Jennings in 2022 was $26,074, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,296 for a family of four. However, Jennings contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Jennings is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jennings home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jennings residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jennings include French, French Canadian, German, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Jennings is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.