Is West Baton Rouge Parish, LA's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It grew by 213 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population can reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. The 0.75% annual increase was primarily driven by people moving from other states.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA’s population grew by 12.3%.
+213
population change (2024 to 2025)
+0.75%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA’s population increased 23 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when West Baton Rouge Parish, LA gained 1,300 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2004 and 2005 when there were 194 fewer residents.
West Baton Rouge Parish, LA gained 213 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was positive in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, with births exceeding deaths by 42.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA’s population change from immigration was positive with about 45 more people coming from another country directly to West Baton Rouge Parish, LA than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA’s population change from domestic migration was positive with about 124 more people coming from any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, domestic migration was the primary driver of population growth in West Baton Rouge Parish, LA.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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