Financial Literacy in Livingston Parish, Louisiana

With a population of roughly 152,886, Livingston Parish, Louisiana is the 9th-largest of 64 counties in Louisiana. The population has grown 7% since 2020, from 142,846 to 152,886. The median age is 36.4.

20.3% of Livingston Parish residents 25 and older have completed a bachelor's degree or more. That runs 5.5 points above the Louisiana average of 14.8%. Put the other way round: of the 96,356 adults 25 and over counted in the 2019–2023 ACS, roughly 76,796 — 79.7% — are building their financial lives without a four-year degree behind them.

The typical household here earns $78,617 a year. That is $31,819 above the Louisiana median. About 13.1% of residents live below the poverty line. The median home is valued at $218,900, roughly 2.8× median household income.

Livingston Parish by the numbers

Measure	Value
Population (2024)	152,886
Change since 2020	+7%
Median household income	$78,617
Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree	20.3%
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma	87.6%
Median age	36.4
Poverty rate	13.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%
Median home value	$218,900
Land area	648.131 sq mi
Population density	236 / 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 Livingston Parish, is most of the people reading this.

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

Where to start in Livingston Parish

Start with the money that moves every month

For most households in Livingston Parish, the fastest gain is not an investing strategy — it is seeing the recurring outflows clearly, knowing what a credit score actually responds to, and understanding which line items on a payslip are negotiable.

Questions people ask about Livingston Parish

Do high school students in Livingston 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 Livingston Parish, Louisiana have a college degree?

20.3% 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 79.7% are managing their finances without one.

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

$78,617, per the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey.

Where can adults in Livingston 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.