How many people live in Vermilion Parish, LA?
Updated Apr. 6, 2026Refreshed annually
In 2024, there were about 57,600 people living in Vermilion Parish, LA. That makes Vermilion Parish the 18th-most populous parish in Louisiana. It is home to 1.2% of people living in the state.
57.6K
population of Vermilion Parish, LA (2024)
1.2%
County share of the Louisiana population (2024)
About 57,600 people lived in Vermilion Parish, LA in 2024.
Population estimates, 2000–2024
What are Vermilion Parish, LA’s age demographics?
About 10,000 Vermilion Parish, LA residents are aged 65 and older in 2024. That represents 17.4% of its population. For comparison, the age group represents 17.8% of Louisiana’s population and 18% in the US overall.
Another 14,400 Vermilion Parish, LA residents, or 25% 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 Vermilion Parish, LA's population is aged under 18 than the US as a whole.
Population estimates by age group, (2024)
What are Vermilion Parish, LA’s racial and ethnic demographics?
Non-Hispanic white residents make up 76.2% of the Vermilion Parish, LA population, higher than the national share of 57.5%. Vermilion Parish, LA also has a larger share of people identifying as non-Hispanic Black or African American (14.5%) than the US overall (12.6%).
In contrast, Vermilion Parish’s Hispanic population accounts for 5.3%, below the 20% nationwide, and the non-Hispanic Asian population makes up 2.1% 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.
Vermilion 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 Vermilion Parish, LA is Abbeville with about 10,900 residents in 2024.
Cities and towns in Vermilion Parish, LA ranked by population
Population (2024), includes only portions within parish
| City or town | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Abbeville | 10,902 |
| 2. | Kaplan | 4,164 |
| 3. | Maurice | 3,071 |
| 4. | Erath | 1,956 |
| 5. | Delcambre (pt.) | 1,200 |
| 6. | Gueydan | 1,124 |
| 7. | Balance of Vermilion Parish | 35,224 |
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