Plaquemine is a somewhat small city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 5,998 people and four associated neighborhoods, Plaquemine is the 76th largest community in Louisiana.Plaquemine is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Plaquemine is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Plaquemine who work in business and financial occupations (14.98%), office and administrative support (11.66%), and management occupations (10.92%). Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.97 minutes getting to work every day. Plaquemine is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Plaquemine are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.63% of adults in Plaquemine have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Plaquemine in 2022 was $33,377, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,508 for a family of four. However, Plaquemine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Plaquemine is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Plaquemine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Plaquemine residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Plaquemine include French, Irish, German, African, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Plaquemine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
