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Indicators Louisiana East Baton Rouge Parish Orleans Parish  Populations Total population 4,293,204[1] 430,317[2] 239,124[3] Families 489,360[4] 43,778[5] 16,335[6] Children 1,306,610[7] 129,462[8] 68,155[9]  Households Average family size 3.20[10] 3.20[11] 3.97[12]  Family Composition One parent (female) 31.11%[13] 33.76%[14] 48.65%[15] One parent (male) 7.14%[16] 9.00%[17] 5.93%[18] Two-parent 61.75%[19] 57.23%[20] 45.42%[21]  Income Median family income $50,727[22] $54,493[23] $45,902[24] Mean family income $66,429[25] $73,490[26] $73,243[27] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $746[28] $758[29] $990[30] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $29,830[31] $30,320[32] $39,600[33]  Employment Unemployed 6.43%[34] 6.83%[35] 11.55%[36]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 22.55%[37] 20.09%[38] 24.17%[39] Children under 5 29.69%[40] 25.51%[41] 28.57%[42] Children 5-17 25.16%[43] 21.84%[44] 32.50%[45]  Education No high school diploma 20.09%[46] 13.62%[47] 18.29%[48] High school and above 79.91%[49] 86.38%[50] 81.71%[51] Bachelor’s degree and above 20.39%[52] 32.41%[53] 28.97%[54] High school dropout rate 7.50%[55] n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 13.66%[56] 11.94%[57] 14.60%[58] Birth rate ranking 48[59] 409[60] 514[61]