Most densely populated in Louisiana

Louisiana counties and cities ranked by population density.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Louisiana by population density — which have the most people per square mile, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Orleans Parish leads at 2,219/sq mi.

Among cities & places, Timberlane leads at 7,428/sq mi.

Counties

#	Name	People / sq mi
1	Orleans Parish	2,219/sq mi
2	Jefferson Parish	1,437/sq mi
3	East Baton Rouge Parish	994/sq mi
4	Lafayette Parish	912/sq mi
5	Ascension Parish	443/sq mi
6	St. Tammany Parish	319/sq mi
7	Caddo Parish	265/sq mi
8	Ouachita Parish	260/sq mi
9	Livingston Parish	225/sq mi
10	Calcasieu Parish	196/sq mi
11	St. John the Baptist Parish	193/sq mi
12	St. Charles Parish	187/sq mi
13	Tangipahoa Parish	171/sq mi
14	Bossier Parish	154/sq mi
15	West Baton Rouge Parish	144/sq mi
16	Iberia Parish	120/sq mi
17	St. Bernard Parish	117/sq mi
18	Lincoln Parish	102/sq mi
19	Rapides Parish	97/sq mi
20	Lafourche Parish	91/sq mi
21	St. Landry Parish	89/sq mi
22	Acadia Parish	87/sq mi
23	Terrebonne Parish	87/sq mi
24	St. Mary Parish	87/sq mi
25	St. James Parish	83/sq mi
26	St. Martin Parish	70/sq mi
27	Washington Parish	68/sq mi
28	Webster Parish	61/sq mi
29	Assumption Parish	60/sq mi
30	Jefferson Davis Parish	49/sq mi
31	Vermilion Parish	49/sq mi
32	Evangeline Parish	49/sq mi
33	Iberville Parish	49/sq mi
34	Avoyelles Parish	47/sq mi
35	East Feliciana Parish	43/sq mi
36	West Feliciana Parish	38/sq mi
37	Pointe Coupee Parish	37/sq mi
38	Vernon Parish	36/sq mi
39	Richland Parish	36/sq mi
40	Grant Parish	34/sq mi
41	Beauregard Parish	32/sq mi
42	Morehouse Parish	31/sq mi
43	Franklin Parish	31/sq mi
44	De Soto Parish	31/sq mi
45	Allen Parish	30/sq mi
46	Natchitoches Parish	30/sq mi
47	Plaquemines Parish	30/sq mi
48	West Carroll Parish	27/sq mi
49	St. Helena Parish	27/sq mi
50	Concordia Parish	26/sq mi
51	Jackson Parish	26/sq mi
52	Sabine Parish	25/sq mi
53	Union Parish	24/sq mi
54	LaSalle Parish	24/sq mi
55	Red River Parish	19/sq mi
56	Claiborne Parish	19/sq mi
57	Caldwell Parish	18/sq mi
58	East Carroll Parish	17/sq mi
59	Bienville Parish	16/sq mi
60	Madison Parish	16/sq mi
61	Winn Parish	14/sq mi
62	Catahoula Parish	12/sq mi
63	Tensas Parish	7/sq mi
64	Cameron Parish	4/sq mi

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	People / sq mi
1	Timberlane	7,428/sq mi
2	Terrytown	7,054/sq mi
3	Metairie	6,002/sq mi
4	River Ridge	4,711/sq mi
5	Harahan	4,429/sq mi
6	Marrero	4,426/sq mi
7	Kenner	4,373/sq mi
8	Gretna	4,329/sq mi
9	Village St. George	3,977/sq mi
10	Jefferson	3,688/sq mi
11	Lakeshore	3,665/sq mi
12	Gardere	3,652/sq mi
13	Estelle	3,614/sq mi
14	Harvey	3,347/sq mi
15	Woodmere	3,225/sq mi
16	Chalmette	3,129/sq mi
17	White Castle	3,108/sq mi
18	Shenandoah	2,946/sq mi
19	Bayou Cane	2,909/sq mi
20	Napoleonville	2,778/sq mi
21	Westminster	2,740/sq mi
22	Inniswold	2,707/sq mi
23	Oak Hills Place	2,692/sq mi
24	Westwego	2,690/sq mi
25	Baton Rouge	2,573/sq mi
26	Boyce	2,558/sq mi
27	Eden Isle	2,549/sq mi
28	Lockport	2,537/sq mi
29	Arabi	2,528/sq mi
30	New Iberia	2,507/sq mi
31	Presquille	2,408/sq mi
32	Thibodaux	2,325/sq mi
33	Patterson	2,299/sq mi
34	Houma	2,264/sq mi
35	New Orleans	2,219/sq mi
36	Old Jefferson	2,213/sq mi
37	Tallulah	2,200/sq mi
38	Arnaudville	2,188/sq mi
39	Bayou Vista	2,182/sq mi
40	Lafayette	2,163/sq mi
41	Merrydale	2,156/sq mi
42	Port Barre	2,127/sq mi
43	Plaquemine	2,099/sq mi
44	Loreauville	2,078/sq mi
45	Destrehan	2,052/sq mi
46	Jeanerette	2,050/sq mi
47	Delcambre	2,049/sq mi
48	Mamou	2,046/sq mi
49	Crowley	1,975/sq mi
50	Monticello	1,956/sq mi
51	Ferriday	1,919/sq mi
52	Slidell	1,884/sq mi
53	Morgan City	1,873/sq mi
54	Sulphur	1,870/sq mi
55	Rayne	1,869/sq mi
56	Waggaman	1,852/sq mi
57	Kaplan	1,834/sq mi
58	Abbeville	1,833/sq mi
59	Basile	1,807/sq mi
60	Meraux	1,806/sq mi
61	Eunice	1,803/sq mi
62	Donaldsonville	1,798/sq mi
63	Bayou Country Club	1,774/sq mi
64	Port Allen	1,738/sq mi
65	Bridge City	1,736/sq mi
66	Lake Charles	1,721/sq mi
67	Shreveport	1,696/sq mi
68	Roanoke	1,693/sq mi
69	St. Martinville	1,693/sq mi
70	Addis	1,678/sq mi
71	Ridgecrest	1,671/sq mi
72	Ponchatoula	1,661/sq mi
73	Opelousas	1,619/sq mi
74	West Monroe	1,599/sq mi
75	Elmwood	1,596/sq mi
76	Prairieville	1,591/sq mi
77	Monroe	1,589/sq mi
78	Gueydan	1,572/sq mi
79	Ville Platte	1,568/sq mi
80	Watson	1,567/sq mi
81	Alexandria	1,565/sq mi
82	Prien	1,547/sq mi
83	Richwood	1,526/sq mi
84	Vidalia	1,518/sq mi
85	Baker	1,462/sq mi
86	Hammond	1,459/sq mi
87	Covington	1,438/sq mi
88	Gramercy	1,429/sq mi
89	Church Point	1,428/sq mi
90	Rayville	1,427/sq mi
91	Bossier City	1,415/sq mi
92	Lake Arthur	1,402/sq mi
93	Mandeville	1,397/sq mi
94	Gonzales	1,391/sq mi
95	Carencro	1,385/sq mi
96	Laplace	1,363/sq mi
97	East Hodge	1,358/sq mi
98	Belle Chasse	1,352/sq mi
99	Youngsville	1,328/sq mi
100	Midland	1,324/sq mi

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