How many people live in ?

Updated Apr. 6, 2026Refreshed annually
In 2024, there were about 4,700 people living in Cameron Parish, LA. That makes Cameron Parish the 63rd-most populous parish in Louisiana. It is home to 0.1% of people living in the state.

4.68K

population of Cameron Parish, LA (2024)

0.1%

County share of the Louisiana population (2024)

About 4,700 people lived in Cameron Parish, LA in 2024.

Population estimates, 2000–2024

What are Cameron Parish, LA’s age demographics?

About 985 Cameron Parish residents are aged 65 and older in 2024. That represents 21.1% of its population. For comparison, the age group represents 17.8% of Louisiana’s population and 18% in the US overall.
Another 1,000 Cameron Parish, LA residents, or 21.7% 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 Cameron Parish, LA's population is aged 65 or older than the US as a whole.

Population estimates by age group, (2024)

What are Cameron Parish, LA’s racial and ethnic demographics?

Non-Hispanic white residents make up 87.7% of the Cameron Parish, LA population, higher than the national share of 57.5%. Cameron Parish, LA also has a larger share of people identifying as non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (0.96%) than the US overall (0.72%).
In contrast, Cameron Parish’s Hispanic population accounts for 4.4%, below the 20% nationwide, and the non-Hispanic Black or African American population makes up 4.2% of the parish, compared with 12.6% 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.

Cameron Parish, LA has a higher share of a non-Hispanic white population than Louisiana as a whole.

Population estimates by race and ethnicity, (2024)

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