Leesville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 5,501 people and six associated neighborhoods, Leesville is the 81st largest community in Louisiana.Leesville is a military town: the armed forces employs 7.86% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Healthcare and Accommodation are important in the local economy and are the city’s largest civilian employers, employing 17.62% and 16.05% of the civilian workforce respectively. Also of interest is that Leesville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The percentage of adults in Leesville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.29% of the adults in Leesville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Leesville in 2022 was $25,386, 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 $101,544 for a family of four. However, Leesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Leesville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.59% of its population below the federal poverty line.Leesville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Leesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Leesville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.07% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Leesville include English, Irish, French, German, and African. The most common language spoken in Leesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
