Shenandoah, Louisiana

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Census-designated place
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish East Baton Rouge
Elevation 39 ft (11.9 m)
Coordinates 30°24′05″N 91°00′16″W﻿ / ﻿30.40139°N 91.00444°W﻿ / 30.40139; -91.00444Coordinates: 30°24′05″N 91°00′16″W﻿ / ﻿30.40139°N 91.00444°W﻿ / 30.40139; -91.00444
Area 6.3 sq mi (16.3 km2)
 - land 6.3 sq mi (16 km2)
 - water 0.1 sq mi (0 km2), 1.59%
Population 17,070 (2000)
Density 2,728.3 / sq mi (1,053.4 / km2)
Timezone CST (UTC-6)
 - summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code 225
Location in East Baton Rouge Parish and the state of Louisiana.
Location of Louisiana in the United States

Shenandoah is a census-designated place (CDP) in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 17,070 at the 2000 census. Shenandoah consists of a number of residential subdivisions, including Shenandoah Estates, Shenandoah Park, White Oak Landing, White Oak Estates, The Woods and The Lake at White Oak.


Shenandoah is located at 30°24′5″N 91°0′16″W﻿ / ﻿30.40139°N 91.00444°W﻿ / 30.40139; -91.00444 (30.401391, -91.004412).[1]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16.4 km²), of which 6.3 square miles (16.2 km²) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km²) (1.26%) is water.


As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 17,070 people, 5,911 households, and 4,900 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,728.3 people per square mile (1,052.8/km²). There were 6,053 housing units at an average density of 967.4 per square mile (373.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.13% White, 4.42% African American, 0.24% Native American, 2.08% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.39% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.62% of the population.

There were 5,911 households out of which 46.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.1% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.1% were non-families. 13.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.21.


The median income for a household in the CDP was $73,536, and the median income for a family was $79,302. Males had a median income of $58,938 versus $31,339 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $29,722. About 1.2% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 0.1% of those age 65 or over.

