Facts
- Population
- 125,899 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -3.2 %
- Net migration
- -423 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9 % (2025)
- State
- Louisiana
- Population base, April 2020
- 130,016 (2020)
- Births
- 1,589 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.6
- Deaths
- 1,696 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.5
- Natural change, 2023
- -107
- International migration
- 427 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -850 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -3.4
- Postal code
- LA
- FIPS code
- 22079
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9 % |
| 2024 | 4.0 % |
| 2023 | 3.4 % |
| 2022 | 3.2 % |
| 2021 | 4.1 % |
| 2020 | 6.4 % |
| 2019 | 4.7 % |
| 2018 | 5.0 % |
| 2017 | 5.4 % |
| 2016 | 5.9 % |
| 2015 | 6.4 % |
| 2014 | 6.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 125,899 |
| 2023 | 126,453 |
| 2022 | 126,977 |
| 2021 | 128,646 |
| 2020 | 129,658 |