How many people live in Calcasieu Parish, LA?
Updated Apr. 6, 2026Refreshed annually
In 2024, there were about 206,900 people living in Calcasieu Parish, LA. That makes Calcasieu Parish the seventh-most populous parish in Louisiana. It is home to 4.5% of people living in the state.
207K
population of Calcasieu Parish, LA (2024)
4.5%
County share of the Louisiana population (2024)
About 206,900 people lived in Calcasieu Parish, LA in 2024.
Population estimates, 2000–2024
What are Calcasieu Parish, LA’s age demographics?
About 35,400 Calcasieu Parish, LA residents are aged 65 and older in 2024. That represents 17.1% of its population. For comparison, the age group represents 17.8% of Louisiana’s population and 18% in the US overall.
Another 50,900 Calcasieu Parish residents, or 24.6% of the population, were children under 18. For comparison, the age group represents 23.3% of Louisiana’s population and 21.6% in the US overall.
A higher share of Calcasieu Parish, LA's population is aged under 18 than the US as a whole.
Population estimates by age group, (2024)
What are Calcasieu Parish, LA’s racial and ethnic demographics?
Non-Hispanic white residents make up 65.4% of the Calcasieu Parish, LA population, higher than the national share of 57.5%. Calcasieu Parish, LA also has a larger share of people identifying as non-Hispanic Black or African American (24.6%) than the US overall (12.6%).
In contrast, Calcasieu Parish’s Hispanic population accounts for 5.7%, below the 20% nationwide, and the non-Hispanic Asian population makes up 1.8% of the parish, compared with 6.5% nationally.
Racial and ethnic make up differ based on location. These figures reflect how people identified their race alone (not in combination with other races), and separate out Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, following Census reporting standards.
Calcasieu Parish, LA has a higher share of a non-Hispanic white population than Louisiana as a whole.
Population estimates by race and ethnicity, (2024)
The largest city or town in Calcasieu Parish, LA is Lake Charles with about 81,200 residents in 2024.
Cities and towns in Calcasieu Parish, LA ranked by population
Population (2024), includes only portions within parish
| City or town | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Lake Charles | 81,157 |
| 2. | Sulphur | 20,572 |
| 3. | Westlake | 4,735 |
| 4. | Iowa | 3,150 |
| 5. | Vinton | 3,108 |
| 6. | DeQuincy | 2,872 |
| 7. | Balance of Calcasieu Parish | 91,267 |
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