Shreveport is a relatively large city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 200,549 people and 59 constituent neighborhoods, Shreveport is the third largest community in Louisiana.

Shreveport is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Shreveport is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Shreveport who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.17%), sales jobs (12.51%), and management occupations (6.83%).

Shreveport Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Shreveport is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 22.18% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Shreveport in 2000 was $17,759, 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 $71,036 for a family of four.

Shreveport is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Shreveport home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Shreveport is African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Shreveport include English, Irish, German, and French.

The most common language spoken in Shreveport is English.