Baker is a medium-sized city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 12,057 people and four associated neighborhoods, Baker is the 35th largest community in Louisiana.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Baker is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Baker is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Baker who work in sales jobs (16.22%), office and administrative support (9.82%), and food service (5.59%). Also of interest is that Baker has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Baker 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 education level of Baker citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.20% of adults 25 and older in Baker have a college degree. The per capita income in Baker in 2022 was $26,519, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,076 for a family of four. However, Baker contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Baker is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Baker home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Baker residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Baker include French, Irish, English, German, and African. The most common language spoken in Baker is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Tagalog.
