First Methodist Church Shreveport

First Methodist Church Shreveport is a church at 500 Common St in Shreveport, LA 71101-3430. It is one of 505 churches in Shreveport.

500 Common St, Shreveport, LA, 71101-3430

Phone: +13184247771 · Website: https://firstshreveport.com/media/traditional

First Methodist Church Shreveport is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Methodist Church Shreveport

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 84.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 56.6% (40.8–72.4%)
  • Obesity: 53.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 53.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 45.0%
  • Social Isolation: 40.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 36.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 32.2%
  • Diabetes: 28.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 26.8%
  • Depression: 27.2%
  • Unemployment: 9.4% (2.4–17.3%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 9 census tracts near this church.

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