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About Minden
City in Louisiana, United StatesMinden is a small city in and the parish seat of Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located twenty-eight miles east of Shreveport. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 11,928. The Main Street district of Minden is recognized as a Louisiana Main Street Community, a Louisiana Cultural Products District, and is sited on the National Register of Historic Places. Minden is the core and principal city of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area, consisting of all of Webster Parish, which is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City–Minden CSA.
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Housing in Minden
The typical Minden home is worth about $140,000, down 4.9% in a year, 35% below the Louisiana typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Minden
Not graded
A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Minden's police department reported only 2024 and 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Schools in Minden
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The public schools Minden’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of Louisiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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