Facts
- Population
- 139,823 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 5.0 %
- Net migration
- 871 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.0 % (2025)
- State
- Louisiana
- Population base, April 2020
- 133,146 (2020)
- Births
- 1,925 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.8
- Deaths
- 1,532 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.0
- Natural change, 2023
- 393
- International migration
- 172 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 699 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.2
- Postal code
- LA
- FIPS code
- 22105
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.0 % |
| 2024 | 4.8 % |
| 2023 | 4.2 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 6.2 % |
| 2020 | 9.6 % |
| 2019 | 5.0 % |
| 2018 | 5.1 % |
| 2017 | 5.4 % |
| 2016 | 6.4 % |
| 2015 | 7.1 % |
| 2014 | 7.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 139,823 |
| 2023 | 137,999 |
| 2022 | 136,734 |
| 2021 | 135,487 |
| 2020 | 133,642 |