Louisiana: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of Louisiana's 371 recorded places, ranked by population — 2,991,687 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
New Orleans is the largest place we record in Louisiana, with 362,701 residents. The three largest together hold 26% of the 2,991,687 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 371 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 New Orleans 362,701 2 Baton Rouge 227,470 3 Shreveport 187,593 4 Metairie 138,481 5 Lafayette 121,374 6 Lake Charles 76,070 7 Bossier City 68,094 8 Kenner 67,091 9 Monroe 49,598 10 Alexandria 47,889 11 Houma 34,287 12 Marrero 33,141 13 New Iberia 30,754 14 Laplace 29,872 15 Central 28,295 16 Slidell 27,942 17 Prairieville 26,895 18 Terrytown 23,319 19 Ruston 22,340 20 Hammond 20,480 21 Harvey 20,348 22 Sulphur 20,189 23 Bayou Cane 19,355 24 Shenandoah 18,399 25 Natchitoches 18,365 26 Gretna 17,880 27 Chalmette 16,751 28 Opelousas 16,591 29 Zachary 16,448 30 Estelle 16,377 31 Thibodaux 14,584 32 Pineville 14,403 33 Bayou Boeuf 14,195 34 Grand Bayou Mobile Home Park 14,195 35 Baker 13,695 36 River Ridge 13,494 37 Crowley 13,144 38 West Monroe 12,966 39 Minden 12,690 40 Belle Chasse 12,679 41 Abbeville 12,434 42 Mandeville 12,345 43 Luling 12,119 44 Woodmere 12,080 45 Youngsville 11,961 46 Bogalusa 11,933 47 Morgan City 11,835 48 Moss Bluff 11,557 49 Destrehan 11,535 50 Claiborne 11,507 51 Broussard 11,303 52 Jefferson 11,193 53 DeRidder 10,890 54 Bastrop 10,713 55 Gonzales 10,678 56 Gardere 10,580 57 Eunice 10,310 58 Timberlane 10,243 59 Raceland 10,193 60 Jennings 10,180 61 Denham Springs 10,125 62 Waggaman 10,015 63 Covington 9,928 64 Merrydale 9,772 65 Reserve 9,766 66 Harahan 9,350 67 Fort Polk South 9,038 68 Scott 9,018 69 Lacombe 8,679 70 Carencro 8,575 71 Westwego 8,542 72 Breaux Bridge 8,395 73 Oak Hills Place 8,195 74 Saint Rose 8,122 75 Rayne 8,016 76 Prien 7,810 77 Donaldsonville 7,792 78 Oakdale 7,710 79 Bridge City 7,706 80 Galliano 7,676 81 Larose 7,400 82 Franklin 7,302 83 Ville Platte 7,264 84 Village Saint George 7,104 85 Ponchatoula 7,068 86 Eden Isle 7,041 87 Tallulah 6,995 88 Old Jefferson 6,980 89 Plaquemine 6,871 90 Schriever 6,853 91 Saint Gabriel 6,677 92 Leesville 6,333 93 Walker 6,318 94 Red Chute 6,261 95 Inniswold 6,180 96 Saint Martinville 6,114 97 Patterson 6,106 98 Cut Off 5,976 99 Meraux 5,816 100 Gray 5,584 101 Marksville 5,533 102 Jeanerette 5,527 103 Brownsfield 5,401 104 Grambling 5,209 105 Chackbay 5,177 106 Port Allen 5,130 107 Springhill 5,097 108 Violet 4,973 109 Avondale 4,954 110 Mansfield 4,946 111 Berwick 4,765 112 Winnsboro 4,762 113 Monticello 4,718 114 New Roads 4,697 115 Carlyss 4,670 116 Bayou Vista 4,652 117 Amite 4,640 118 Elmwood 4,635 119 Kaplan 4,617 120 Westlake 4,615 121 Addis 4,589 122 Jonesboro 4,587 123 Winnfield 4,565 124 Swartz 4,536 125 Church Point 4,521 126 Brownsville 4,317 127 Vidalia 4,112 128 Eastwood 4,093 129 Bunkie 4,066 130 Ball 3,990 131 Farmerville 3,862 132 Jackson 3,788 133 Franklinton 3,782 134 Lake Providence 3,715 135 Rayville 3,664 136 South Vacherie 3,642 137 Arabi 3,635 138 Vivian 3,626 139 Bawcomville 3,588 140 Richwood 3,474 141 Gramercy 3,457 142 Jena 3,417 143 Ferriday 3,375 144 Lutcher 3,373 145 Vinton 3,355 146 Hahnville 3,344 147 Haughton 3,334 148 Welsh 3,227 149 Iowa 3,219 150 Greenwood 3,191 151 Mamou 3,181 152 Pierre Part 3,169 153 DeQuincy 3,161 154 Boutte 3,075 155 Norco 3,074 156 Milton 3,030 157 Homer 3,005 158 Natalbany 2,984 159 Sunset 2,967 160 Blanchard 2,935 161 Chauvin 2,912 162 Delhi 2,900 163 Fort Polk North 2,864 164 Arcadia 2,861 165 Garyville 2,811 166 Many 2,790 167 Brusly 2,785 168 Lake Arthur 2,742 169 Bourg 2,579 170 Lockport 2,531 171 Pearl River 2,530 172 Greenwood 2,508 173 Des Allemands 2,505 174 Abita Springs 2,499 175 Grand Point 2,473 176 New Llano 2,468 177 Sterlington 2,463 178 Amelia 2,459 179 Kinder 2,442 180 Edgard 2,441 181 Batchelor 2,389 182 Poydras 2,351 183 North Vacherie 2,346 184 Baldwin 2,345 185 Kentwood 2,340 186 Minorca 2,317 187 Mathews 2,209 188 Erwinville 2,192 189 Jonesville 2,181 190 Haynesville 2,174 191 Ossun 2,144 192 Port Barre 2,119 193 Simmesport 2,117 194 Erath 2,107 195 Stonewall 2,093 196 Bayou Gauche 2,071 197 Golden Meadow 2,060 198 Benton 2,015 199 Cecilia 1,980 200 Jean Lafitte 1,972
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