Facts
- Population
- 157,874 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.6 %
- Net migration
- -269 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5 % (2025)
- State
- Louisiana
- Population base, April 2020
- 160,366 (2020)
- Births
- 1,973 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.5
- Deaths
- 1,794 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 179
- International migration
- 336 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -605 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -1.7
- Postal code
- LA
- FIPS code
- 22073
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5 % |
| 2024 | 4.5 % |
| 2023 | 3.9 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 5.2 % |
| 2020 | 7.8 % |
| 2019 | 5.2 % |
| 2018 | 5.1 % |
| 2017 | 5.3 % |
| 2016 | 6.1 % |
| 2015 | 6.6 % |
| 2014 | 6.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 157,874 |
| 2023 | 157,712 |
| 2022 | 157,812 |
| 2021 | 158,889 |
| 2020 | 160,114 |