Facts
- Population
- 56,604 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.7 %
- Net migration
- -280 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1 % (2025)
- State
- Louisiana
- Population base, April 2020
- 57,571 (2020)
- Births
- 880 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 15.5
- Deaths
- 763 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.5
- Natural change, 2023
- 117
- International migration
- -6 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -274 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -4.9
- Postal code
- LA
- FIPS code
- 22001
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.1 % |
| 2024 | 4.2 % |
| 2023 | 3.6 % |
| 2022 | 3.6 % |
| 2021 | 5.1 % |
| 2020 | 7.6 % |
| 2019 | 4.9 % |
| 2018 | 5.0 % |
| 2017 | 5.6 % |
| 2016 | 7.0 % |
| 2015 | 6.8 % |
| 2014 | 5.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 56,604 |
| 2023 | 56,649 |
| 2022 | 56,812 |
| 2021 | 57,228 |
| 2020 | 57,481 |