Is population growing or shrinking?

Updated annually
It grew by 9,700 between 2023 and 2024. That’s more than the population of the city of DeRidder. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Louisiana’s 0.21% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the state. In the decade between 2014 and 2024, Louisiana’s population declined by 1.1%.

+9.67K

population change (2023 to 2024)

+0.21%

percent change in population (2023 to 2024)
Since 2000, Louisiana's population increased in 16 of 24 years. The largest increase occurred between 2006 and 2007, when it gained 72,900 residents. The state's largest decline during the 21st century occurred between 2005 and 2006 when it lost 274,000 residents.

Louisiana gained 9,700 residents between 2023 and 2024.

Annual population change

A state’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 2023 to 2024 natural population change was positive in Louisiana, with births exceeding deaths by 4,000.
  • Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a state. 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. Louisiana’s population change from immigration was positive, with about 23,100 more people coming from another country to Louisiana than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between states:  Louisiana’s population change from domestic migration was negative, with about 17,400 more people leaving for another state than moving in.

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Between 2023 and 2024, immigration was the primary driver of population growth in Louisiana.

Components of population change

Among 64 county equivalents, Lafayette Parish had the largest population growth in Louisiana, welcoming 3,755 new residents. Orleans Parish lost the most, with a loss of 2,466 residents.
Livingston Parish led Louisiana in percent population increase between 2023 and 2024 at 1.5 percent. Red River Parish ranked last with a 2.1 percent decline.

Between 2023 and 2024, Livingston Parish gained 1.5% in population, the largest increase in Louisiana.

Population change

Between 2014 and 2024, Louisiana’s population has declined by -1.1%. During that same period, the US population grew by 6.5%. Louisiana ranks 47th among states in population growth over that decade.

Louisiana ranked 47th in population growth between 2014 and 2024.

Percent change in population

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Methodology

USAFacts standardizes data, in areas such as time and demographics, to make it easier to understand and compare.

The analysis was generated with the help of AI and reviewed by USAFacts for accuracy.

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