Donaldsonville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 6,841 people and three associated neighborhoods, Donaldsonville is the 70th largest community in Louisiana.Donaldsonville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Donaldsonville is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Donaldsonville who work in food service (17.49%), sales jobs (11.45%), and office and administrative support (6.08%). Being a small city, Donaldsonville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Donaldsonville, just 11.57% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Donaldsonville in 2022 was $17,871, which is low income relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,484 for a family of four. However, Donaldsonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Donaldsonville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 47.36% of its population below the federal poverty line.Donaldsonville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Donaldsonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Donaldsonville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Donaldsonville include French, African, Italian, German, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Donaldsonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Vietnamese.
