Mer Rouge is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 549 people and just one neighborhood, Mer Rouge is the 252nd largest community in Louisiana.
Mer Rouge is a blue-collar town, with 39.87% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Mer Rouge is a village of professionals, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mer Rouge who work in farm management occupations (14.56%), management occupations (13.29%), and sales jobs (7.59%).
In addition, many people in Mer Rouge have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
Also of interest is that Mer Rouge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The village 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, Mer Rouge has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mer Rouge a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small village, Mer Rouge does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Mer Rouge rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.62% of adults 25 and older in Mer Rouge have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Mer Rouge in 2018 was $21,686, 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 $86,744 for a family of four. However, Mer Rouge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mer Rouge is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Mer Rouge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mer Rouge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mer Rouge include English, Irish, European, German, and French.
The most common language spoken in Mer Rouge is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
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Raw data sources: National Agriculture Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Geological Service, American Community Survey.
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Raw data sources: American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated November 2020.
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Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2019 calendar year; released from FBI in Sept. 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2020 data?
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School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to LA* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Bastrop High School
402 Highland Avenue Bastrop, LA 71220 |
07-12 | ||
Delta Jr. High School
7661 Mer Rouge/Collinston Road Mer Rouge, LA 71261 |
KG-08 | ||
Morehouse Junior High School
1001 West Madison Avenue Bastrop, LA 71220 |
KG-07 | ||
* 10 is highest |
Ethnic/racial Groups | This District | This State |
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White (non-hispanic) | ||
Black | ||
Hispanic | ||
Asian Or Pacific Islander | ||
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska |
Economic Groups | This District | This State |
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ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED | 64.3% | 53.4% |
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 64.3% | 51.0% |
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 2.4% |
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Raw data sources: U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dow Jones S&P, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Service, U.S. Department of Transportation, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, National Agricultural Statistics.
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