Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety4#888/924
Economy26#682/925
Housing30#645/925
Health11#822/925
Healthcare70#280/923
Environment7#851/917
Education47#494/925
Infrastructure18#760/925
Community27#677/925
Leisure & amenities61#357/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mental health providers · high571 /100k
91/100Louisiana 365 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · high99 /100k
91/100Louisiana 71 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
New business applications · high17.0 /1k
87/100Louisiana 16.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Income adjusted for local prices · high$75,745
84/100Louisiana $70,172United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high2.1 /10k
81/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Cost of buying a home today · low26.6%
80/100Louisiana 29.5%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research

Weaknesses

Violent crime rate · high890 /100k
1/100Louisiana 515 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from countiesCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Property crime rate · high2,947 /100k
1/100Louisiana 1,966 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from countiesCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.8 µg/m³
2/100Louisiana 8.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Distance to an airport · high175 mi
3/100Louisiana 80 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · high4,678 /100k
3/100Louisiana 3,516 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.503
4/100Louisiana 0.495United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
16% (2021) → 79% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+62 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.6% (2015-2019) → 85.3% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$52,392 (2019) → $75,745 (2024)
+45%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204
Homicide rateImproving
24.8 /100k (2021) → 14.1 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−43%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Suicide rateWorsening
14.0 /100k (2021) → 18.8 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+34%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
44.5% (2019) → 37.8% (2023)
−6.7 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area improved on 17 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 7 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved17

Real income+45%$52,392 → $75,745
Broadband+17 points68.6% → 85.3%
Pharmacies+12%1.9 /10k → 2.1 /10k
Grocery stores+19%1.2 /10k → 1.5 /10k
Rent / income−1.9 points34.2% → 32.3%

Declined5

Suicides+56%12.0 /100k → 18.8 /100k
Overdose deaths+59%11.8 /100k → 18.8 /100k
Violent crime+30%683 /100k → 890 /100k
New businesses−7.3%18.3 /1k → 17.0 /1k
Traffic deaths+30%13.4 /100k → 17.5 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.6 /10k2020	4.1 /10k2025	+13%	Improved	61%
Average commute time	21.9 min2015-2019	21.7 min2020-2024	−0.2 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%2015-2019	26.1%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Improved	46%
Broadband subscriptions	68.6%2015-2019	85.3%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	94%
Child poverty rate	32.0%2015-2019	27.1%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Improved	76%
Distance to an airport	175 mi2020	175 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	94%
Drug overdose deaths	11.8 /100k2020	18.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+59%	Declined	7%
Effective property tax rate	0.65%2015-2019	0.65%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Firearm deaths	30.7 /100k2020	24.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−21%	Improved	83%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+19%	Improved	88%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+15%	Improved	64%
High school diploma or higher	87.5%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	91%
Homicide rate	24.5 /100k2020	14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−42%	Improved	70%
Income adjusted for local prices	$52,3922019	$75,7452024	+45%	Improved	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4982015-2019	0.5032020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	40%
Median household income	$46,4072015-2019	$55,9252020-2024	+21%	Improved	16%
New business applications	18.3 /1k2020	17.0 /1k2025	−7.3%	Declined	3%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	+12%	Improved	90%
Poverty rate	21.3%2015-2019	20.2%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Property crime rate	3,612 /100k2020	2,947 /100k2025	−18%	Improved	21%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.9 /10k2024	+3%	Little change	80%
Public transit commuters	1.1%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Rent as share of income	34.2%2015-2019	32.3%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Improved	86%
Rent-burdened households	57.1%2015-2019	53.8%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Improved	81%
Restaurants and bars	8.0 /10k2020	8.7 /10k2025	+7.9%	Improved	74%
Suicide rate	12.0 /100k2020	18.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+56%	Declined	6%
Traffic deaths	13.4 /100k2015-2019	17.5 /100k2020-2024	+30%	Declined	17%
Unemployment rate	8.4%2020	4.2%2025	−4.2 points	Improved	83%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.7%2015-2019	9.6%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Improved	72%
Violent crime rate	683 /100k2020	890 /100k2025	+30%	Declined	8%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area itself moved +0 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

386,819 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

157,101 households (±1,217)

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area
United States share

Under $25k24%37,924
$25k–50k21%33,239
$50k–75k17%25,994

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

157,101 households (±1,217)

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area
United States share

Own63%98,847
Rent37%58,254

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.2 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

161,880 workers (±2,155)

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area
United States share

Drive alone81%131,714
Carpool8.1%13,171
Public transit0.9%1,473

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA employ 39,080 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Registered Nurses6,390 jobs	6,390	$80,080US $97,550	−18%	1.81×
Retail Salespersons4,670 jobs	4,670

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA has 9,193 employer establishments, 239 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248), with 138,991 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,147. The Census Bureau also counts 38,123 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 9,193; 38,123 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 239; US 248
Paid employees: 138,991
Average annual pay: $52,147; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Shreveport-Bossier City, LA by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	872	22.7	1.09×About typical	9,083	$81,378	2,445
Restaurants and other eating places	659	17.2	0.93×About typical	14,179	$19,568	236
Specialty trade contractors	513	13.4	0.86×About typical	4,759	$57,839	2,063
Lessors of real estate	412	10.7	0.87×About typical	1,515	$44,318	3,103
Limited-service restaurants	361	9.4	1.17×About typical	7,751	$17,786	111
Offices of physicians	361	9.4	1.45×More than typical	3,458	$121,796	487
Religious organizations	295	7.7	1.38×More than typical	3,445	$26,121	—
Legal services	250	6.5	1.21×About typical	1,223	$67,059	314
Building equipment contractors	237	6.2	1.03×About typical	2,934	$62,191	406
Full-service restaurants	219	5.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	5,751	$21,922	78
Insurance agencies and brokerages	209	5.4	1.24×About typical	1,080	$70,000	575
Offices of other health practitioners	205	5.3	0.88×About typical	1,117	$47,030	763

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 384,163 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $223.7M on contracts performed in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area: $583 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $223.7M; −41% vs FY2025
Per resident: $583; US $2,007
Sole-source: 32%; US 30%
Single offer: 10%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$144.5M65%
Department of Veterans Affairs$35.3M16%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$10.9M4.9%
Defense Information Systems Agency$7.9M3.5%
National Institutes of Health$6.8M3.0%
Department of the Navy$5.1M2.3%
Department of the Army$4.4M2.0%
Defense Health Agency$3.5M1.6%

Top recipients

SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTING CORPORATION$20.4M9.1%
V2X AEROSPACE LLC$17.9M8.0%
BCG FEDERAL CORP.$15.7M7.0%
AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$11.7M5.2%
STEPHENSON STELLAR CORPORATION$11.6M5.2%

Spending by fiscal year

159.6MFY2017
168.3MFY2018
183.5MFY2019
150.6MFY2020
185.2MFY2021
308.2MFY2022
430.5MFY2023
386.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$49.9M22%
Support activities for air transportation · 4881$30.7M14%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$19.8M8.8%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$18.4M8.2%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$14.1M6.3%

Largest awards

P45001 WEAPONS GENERATION FAC PACKAGE$269.9M
BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC· Bossier Parish, LA· Construction & real property· Sep 12, 2023 – Mar 11, 2026· N6945023C0044
AIR FORCE GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND ROTARY MAINTENANCE TASK ORDER$119.9M
V2X AEROSPACE LLC· Bossier Parish, LA· Equipment maintenance· Mar 30, 2022 – Jun 9, 2026· FA680022F0003
SSC SYSTEMS, TECHNOLOGIES, AND EMERGING CAPABILITIES (STEC) SUPPORT$49.5M
STEPHENSON STELLAR CORPORATION· Caddo Parish, LA· Research & development· Jun 12, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026· FA240123C0010
AWARD FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SHREVEPORT JOB CORPS CENTER WITH OUTREACH AND ADMISSIONS AND CAREER TRANSITION SERVICES

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area: $6,993 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $2.7B; +0.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,993; US $12,975
Loan face value: $149.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.3B47%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$404.2M15%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$209.5M7.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$164.5M6.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$140.3M5.2%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$91.6M3.4%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$42.8M1.6%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$41.8M1.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT LOUISIANA D$182.6M6.8%
BATON ROUGE, LA
SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT$35.9M1.3%
SHREVEPORT, LA
SHREVEPORT HOUSING AUTHORITY$23.9M0.9%
SHREVEPORT, LA
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY$21.8M0.8%
SHREVEPORT, LA
BOSSIER PARISH COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.8B66%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$460.2M17%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$186.3M6.9%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$50.6M1.9%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$38.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

2.4BFY2021
2.2BFY2022
2.3BFY2023
2.4BFY2024
2.7BFY2025
2.7BFY2026

County aggregates

85%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Louisiana

Areas based in Louisiana, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved17

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Louisiana

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved17

Declined5

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought