Facts
- Population
- 152,886 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 7.4 %
- Net migration
- 1,935 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8 % (2025)
- State
- Louisiana
- Population base, April 2020
- 142,288 (2020)
- Births
- 1,900 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.4
- Deaths
- 1,390 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.1
- Natural change, 2023
- 510
- International migration
- 549 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,386 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 12.7
- Postal code
- LA
- FIPS code
- 22063
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.8 % |
| 2024 | 3.7 % |
| 2023 | 3.2 % |
| 2022 | 3.0 % |
| 2021 | 4.0 % |
| 2020 | 7.0 % |
| 2019 | 4.1 % |
| 2018 | 4.2 % |
| 2017 | 4.4 % |
| 2016 | 5.3 % |
| 2015 | 5.1 % |
| 2014 | 5.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 152,886 |
| 2023 | 150,570 |
| 2022 | 148,131 |
| 2021 | 146,143 |
| 2020 | 142,846 |