The population of West Baton Rouge Parish is estimated at 25,937. In 2017 there were 383 births and 209 deaths in West Baton Rouge Parish . West Baton Rouge Parish has 3,791 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,633 that are owned free and clear and 2,264 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of West Baton Rouge Parish filed 11,850 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Louisiana filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. West Baton Rouge Parish had a combined total federal tax liability of $113,598,000 on earned income of $711,371,000. Other notable statistics from West Baton Rouge Parish were 270 unemployment claims which collected a total of $920,000 and 2,620 charitable contributions valued at $13,772,000. 2,410 filings from West Baton Rouge Parish paid a combined total of $3,402,000 in property taxes and 2,490 filings paid $18,262,000 on mortgage interest costs.

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20.1% of the West Baton Rouge Parish population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 49% of West Baton Rouge Parish voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 62 votes.
At $64,921 the median income is 140.3% of the Louisiana average. An estimated 615 people claimed to be unemployed last year in West Baton Rouge Parish, the equivalant of around 4.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.3%.

Top 15 Industries in West Baton Rouge Parish .
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,300	Manufacturing
1,228	Transportation and warehousing
1,173	Retail trade
1,004	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
878	Accommodation and food services
755	Wholesale trade
736	Food services and drinking places
660	Restaurants and other eating places
570	Truck transportation
476	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
443	Health care and social assistance
405	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
393	Limited-service restaurants
385	Gasoline stations
326	Specialized freight trucking

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