Facts
- Population
- 48,243 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.3 %
- Net migration
- -18 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5 % (2025)
- State
- Louisiana
- Population base, April 2020
- 48,396 (2020)
- Births
- 519 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.8
- Deaths
- 415 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.6
- Natural change, 2023
- 104
- International migration
- 41 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -59 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -0.4
- Postal code
- LA
- FIPS code
- 22061
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5 % |
| 2024 | 4.6 % |
| 2023 | 3.8 % |
| 2022 | 3.5 % |
| 2021 | 4.4 % |
| 2020 | 6.6 % |
| 2019 | 5.2 % |
| 2018 | 5.1 % |
| 2017 | 5.2 % |
| 2016 | 6.1 % |
| 2015 | 6.9 % |
| 2014 | 7.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 48,243 |
| 2023 | 48,133 |
| 2022 | 48,056 |
| 2021 | 48,132 |
| 2020 | 48,306 |