Facts
- Population
- 254,241 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 5.2 %
- Net migration
- 1,167 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6 % (2025)
- State
- Louisiana
- Population base, April 2020
- 241,759 (2020)
- Births
- 3,340 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.1
- Deaths
- 2,122 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.3
- Natural change, 2023
- 1,218
- International migration
- 1,176 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -9 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 4.6
- Postal code
- LA
- FIPS code
- 22055
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 % |
| 2024 | 3.5 % |
| 2023 | 3.0 % |
| 2022 | 2.9 % |
| 2021 | 4.3 % |
| 2020 | 7.0 % |
| 2019 | 3.9 % |
| 2018 | 4.1 % |
| 2017 | 4.6 % |
| 2016 | 5.8 % |
| 2015 | 5.6 % |
| 2014 | 4.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 254,241 |
| 2023 | 250,486 |
| 2022 | 248,145 |
| 2021 | 244,933 |
| 2020 | 242,178 |