and suburb) Mansfield (Principal city) Towns Benton Blanchard (suburb) Greenwood (suburb) Haughton (suburb) Keachi Logansport Oil City Plain Dealing Stonewall (suburb) Vivian Villages Belcher Gilliam Grand Cane Hosston Ida Longstreet Mooringsport Rodessa South Mansfield Stanley Unincorporated communities Eastwood (census-designated place and suburb) Frierson (census-designated place) Gloster (census-designated place) Keithville (suburb) Kingston Lakeview (census-designated place and suburb) Red Chute (census-designated place and suburb) Demographics At the 2010 United States census, 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. 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. At the 2010 census, the racial and ethnic makeup of Shreveport–Bossier City was 60.58% White, 28.74% African American, 1.02% Native American, 1.88% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, 0.80% from other races, 1.22% from two or more races, and 6.08% Hispanic or Latino of any heritage. According to 2020 census estimates, 52% of its population were White Americans, and 40% were Black or African American. Hispanic or Latino Americans of any race were 4% of the total metropolitan population, rebounding from previous census estimates after declining since the 2010 census. In 2020 according to Sperling's BestPlaces, roughly 63.5% of Shreveport–Bossier City was religious. The city of Shreveport was ranked one of the most religious cities in the U.S. in 2016 through another study. According to the Association of Religion Data Archives in 2020, it remained one of the most Christian areas of the United States. Per Sperling's, the largest religion in the metropolitan statistical area is Christianity, followed by Islam, Judaism, and eastern religions including Buddhism, Sikhism, and Hinduism. There is also a growing spiritual but not religious community. Among Christians, Baptists, Methodists, and Catholics form the largest communities in the metropolitan area. A 2014 study determined the leading Baptist denomination was the Southern Baptist Convention. The United