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- New York is 0% more densely populated than Shreveport.
- People are 11.9% more likely to be married in New York.
- The Median Age is 0.9 years older in New York.
 Shreveport, LANew York, NYUnited States
 Population  Unlock8,736,047329,725,481
 Female Population52.7%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population47.3%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock37.338.4
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 Population - 2010201,409  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock8,008,278285,036,114
 Population - 1990198,525  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock3.1%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now-6.9%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock29,083.893.4
 Land Area107.1  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock167.8264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Shreveport, LANew York, NYUnited States
 Age 0 to 46.7%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.5%6.1%
 Age 10 to 147.1%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.3%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.0%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.0%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3415.3%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock13.8%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5410.9%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.3%6.7%
 Age 60 to 646.5%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock8.7%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.4%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.0%1.9%
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 Race
 Shreveport, LANew York, NYUnited States
 White36.2%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock21.1%12.2%
 Asian1.6%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock1.0%0.4%
 Two or More Races2.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock28.9%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Shreveport, LANew York, NYUnited States
 Married Population38.2%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock39.9%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock57.2%50.2%
 Never Married42.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock8.1%10.8%
 Widowed6.6%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.632.60
 Households74,949  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock1,929,69080,755,759
     Married couple, w/children21.3%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock34.4%42.9%
 Non Family Households31,817  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock19.1%15.8%
     Single householder, no children16.1%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Shreveport    29 Reviews

The pace of its death is picking up. A place that should be moving forward is following the path of Rust belt cities that died. Downtown has potential, but the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I Love Driving By Shreveport, Buildings do look beautiful, it is truly a great city, my favorite thing is the people. What loses the last star is that I did not visit  More

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Over 6 years ago

Shreveport is dying a slow painful death. If you are thinking of relocating here; I would not advise it. Since moving back twenty years ago, I have watch the town  More

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Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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