Facts
- Population
- 46,799 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -5.3 %
- Net migration
- -651 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.0 % (2025)
- State
- Louisiana
- Population base, April 2020
- 49,408 (2020)
- Births
- 630 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.5
- Deaths
- 672 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -42
- International migration
- 196 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -847 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -13.9
- Postal code
- LA
- FIPS code
- 22101
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.0 % |
| 2024 | 4.9 % |
| 2023 | 4.0 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 6.6 % |
| 2020 | 9.4 % |
| 2019 | 5.5 % |
| 2018 | 6.3 % |
| 2017 | 7.6 % |
| 2016 | 9.1 % |
| 2015 | 7.5 % |
| 2014 | 6.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 46,799 |
| 2023 | 47,131 |
| 2022 | 47,816 |
| 2021 | 48,240 |
| 2020 | 49,155 |