Facts
- Population
- 51,218 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -1.0 %
- Net migration
- -181 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9 % (2025)
- State
- Louisiana
- Population base, April 2020
- 51,746 (2020)
- Births
- 662 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.9
- Deaths
- 606 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.8
- Natural change, 2023
- 56
- International migration
- 101 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -282 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -3.5
- Postal code
- LA
- FIPS code
- 22099
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9 % |
| 2024 | 4.0 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.4 % |
| 2021 | 5.3 % |
| 2020 | 8.0 % |
| 2019 | 4.5 % |
| 2018 | 4.8 % |
| 2017 | 5.6 % |
| 2016 | 7.2 % |
| 2015 | 6.8 % |
| 2014 | 5.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 51,218 |
| 2023 | 51,122 |
| 2022 | 51,260 |
| 2021 | 51,550 |
| 2020 | 51,614 |