Shreveport–Bossier City is the largest economic and cultural center of North Louisiana and the wider Ark-La-Tex region.[5] The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan region comprises the highest concentration of colleges and universities in the Ark-La-Tex.[6] It is part of the I-20 Cyber Corridor linking the area to Ruston, Grambling, and Monroe, Louisiana; Dallas and Tyler, Texas; and Atlanta, Georgia.[7][8][9]
The Shreveport–Bossier City area is located in the South Central United States, bordering East Texas and South Arkansas.[13] As such, it is within the Piney Woodsecoregion. Its vegetation is classified as temperate forest and grassland. Much of the urbanized area was built on forested land, marshes, swamp, or prairie, remnants of which can still be seen throughout the metropolitan region.
Lakeside Baptist Church in downtown Shreveport,[18] a historic African-American congregation
At the 2010 United States census,[19] there were 557,201 people, 189,000 households, and 139,000 families residing within the metropolitan statistical area; in 2020, the United States census determined it had a population of 393,406. The American Community Survey's 2020 census estimates postulated a rebound of 397,590.[4]
According to census estimates from 2015 to 2020, approximately 156,594 households were in the metropolitan area with an average of 2.5 people per household; 46% of the household were married, and spread among 184,148 housing units of which 85% were occupied. Of the housing units, 63% were owner-occupied and 71% were single-unit detached homes at a median value of $156,900. Residents in the metropolitan statistical area had a median household income of $46,610 and 20.9% of its population lived at or below the poverty line.
According to the 2020 census, the racial and ethnic makeup of Shreveport–Bossier City was 35.6% White, 57.9% African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.88% Asian, 1.4% Pacific Islander, 0.1% from other races, 0.1% from two or more races, and 1.4% Hispanic or Latino of any heritage 3.4%.This demographic makes White citizens the minority group in Shreveport Louisiana. Females make up 54% of the population in Shreveport whereas males only make up 46% of the Shreveport population. This information is all according to the United States Census Bureau.
Shreveport–Bossier City is the economic and cultural center of Northwest Louisiana and the wider Ark-La-Textri-state region. It is also the largest economic metropolitan area in North Louisiana.[23] The area's economic activity is centered in the city of Shreveport, the parish seat of Caddo Parish.
From 2013-2014, Greater Shreveport had a gross metropolitan product of nearly $23.6 billion and negative growth rate of 5.4 percent. Its gross metropolitan product had been declining since 2011 to a low of $19 billion in 2016.[34][23] In 2018, its gross metropolitan product rebounded to $23.7 billion.[23] Following statewide economic recovery trends, the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area was expected to gain at least 5,000 jobs by the third quarter of 2021.[35] As of 2021, its gross metropolitan product grew to $24.1 billion.[23]
Media
The principal cities of Shreveport and Bossier City have their own newspapers, The Shreveport Times and Bossier Press-Tribune, respectively. Other major publications in the metropolitan area include The Barksdale Warrior, The Shreveport Sun, Caddo Citizen, SB Magazine, The Forum Newsweekly, City Lights, The Inquisitor and The Shreveport Catalyst.
The central city of Shreveport is home to several radio stations, particularly KWKH and KEEL. The three commercial television outlets for the metropolis are KSLA (CBS), founded in 1954;[36]KTBS-TV (ABC), founded in 1955;[37] and KTAL-TV,[38] which arrived in Shreveport in September 1961 as the NBC station. KTBS was an NBC station, with occasional ABC programs, from 1955–1961, when it switched affiliation to ABC. KTAL, formerly known as KCMC of Texarkana, was a CBS outlet prior to conversion to NBC, when it began to cover Shreveport as well as Texarkana.
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