Moving to Raceland, Louisiana

About Raceland, Louisiana
Raceland

Raceland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 9,768 in 2020. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area.

According to the Louisiana Office of Tourism, Raceland was named for the Race family that once owned a large plantation named "Raceland" on Bayou Lafourche.

Raceland sugar plantation was founded by Ebeneezer Eaton Kittredge and his son in law Fayette Clay Ewing. On April 19, 1855, a daughter of Kittredge, Olivia Corrinne, married George W. Race. The plantation was named Raceland the same year in honor of the young couple who made it their first home where their children were born.

Gender
Gender Raceland Louisiana Country
Female 51.7% 51.2% 50.8%
Male 48.3% 48.8% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.052%48%Female51.7%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.017%4%9%12%17%14%11%9%6%2%< $1000016.5%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Raceland Louisiana Country
Less than $10,000 16.5% 8.9% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 4.4% 5.5% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 9.4% 12.2% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 11.9% 10.2% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 16.5% 12.5% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 13.6% 16.3% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 10.5% 11.4% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 9.1% 13% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 6.3% 5.3% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 1.8% 4.7% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.09%19%42%14%4%8%3%1%0%High School or GED42%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Raceland Louisiana Country
< 9th Grade 9% 5% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 19% 9% 7.0%
High School or GED 42% 33% 27.0%
Other College 14% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 4% 7% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 8% 16% 20.0%
Master's Degree 3% 6% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 0% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Raceland Louisiana  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K16.58.95.84.45.54.19.412.28.511.910.28.616.512.51213.616.317.210.511.412.89.11315.66.35.37.11.84.78.3
Education
 Raceland Louisiana  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0012.52537.550Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade955199742332714212047981620369122011
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.064%33%1%0%2%0%1%0%White63.6%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Raceland Louisiana Country
White 63.6% 58.3% 60.1%
African American 32.8% 31.9% 12.2%
American Indian 0.5% 0.5% 0.6%
Asian 0% 1.7% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.3% 0.3%
Multiracial 1.1% 2% 2.8%
Hispanic 1.9% 5.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Raceland Louisiana  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0017.53552.570Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite63.658.360.132.831.912.20.50.50.601.75.6000.200.30.31.122.81.95.218.2