Life Skills and Money Education in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Beauregard Parish, Louisiana is home to about 36,695 people. The population has barely moved since 2020 — a change of under one percent over four years. The median age is 36.9.

Among adults 25 and older in Beauregard Parish, 17.8% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That runs 3 points above the Louisiana average of 14.8%. Flip that figure and it describes 82.2% of the 24,494 adults 25 and over counted in the 2019–2023 ACS, about 20,134 people whose money skills came from somewhere other than a university.

Median household income is $64,995. That is $18,197 above the Louisiana median. About 14.1% of residents live below the poverty line. The median home is valued at $164,500, roughly 2.5× median household income.

Beauregard Parish by the numbers

Measure	Value
Population (2024)	36,695
Change since 2020	+0.2%
Median household income	$64,995
Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree	17.8%
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma	87.2%
Median age	36.9
Poverty rate	14.1%
Unemployment rate	7.5%
Median home value	$164,500
Land area	1,157.478 sq mi
Population density	32 / sq mi

What Louisiana teaches — and to whom

Louisiana has committed to a full year of personal finance as a graduation requirement, phasing in with the class of 2028 — so today's middle schoolers will be the first cohort held to it. That covers students still in the system. It does nothing for the adults already out of it — which, in Beauregard Parish, is most of the people reading this.

LearnLife organises this the way the decisions actually arrive: Emotional regulation — the self-management that decides whether the other skills ever get used; Money — budgeting, credit, debt and taxes — the mechanics nobody is formally taught; Legal literacy — leases, contracts, employment rights and what a signature actually commits you to.

Where to start in Beauregard Parish

Treat income stability as a skill

Unemployment in Beauregard Parish sits at 7.5%. Where work is less certain, the practical skills are the defensive ones: what unemployment insurance actually pays and how fast, how to read a severance agreement, and which bills to triage first when income stops.

Questions people ask about Beauregard Parish

Do high school students in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana have to take a personal finance class?

Yes — Louisiana has adopted a standalone requirement, phasing in with the graduating class of 2028. Students graduating before then are not covered.

How many adults in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana have a college degree?

17.8% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher, based on the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey. The remaining 82.2% are managing their finances without one.

What is the median household income in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana?

$64,995, per the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey.

Where can adults in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana learn personal finance?

Graduation requirements only ever reach people still in school. For adults, LearnLife covers the same ground on demand — money, legal literacy and the self-management that decides whether either gets used.

Start with whichever one is costing you money right now.

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Population and demographic figures: U.S. Census Bureau — 2024 Gazetteer, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates, and the American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates. Graduation-requirement status: NGPF Live U.S. Dashboard, read 2026-09-14. Figures marked as unavailable are suppressed by the Census Bureau for small populations.