| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 337 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:23 PM |
| Population: | 1,487 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 22023 |
| CBSA: | Lake Charles, LA |
| Land Area: | 1,696 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 333 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 29.8560, -93.1103 |
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1,487 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 1,696 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,814 to 1,487 from 2014 to 2024 — a -47.2% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The parish's wealthiest ZIP 70645 (Hackberry, $105,263 median) and poorest ZIP 70632 (Creole, $30,603) are 32.0 miles apart — a 3.4× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.7× across this parish — from $134,100 in 70631 (Cameron) to $231,300 in 70645 (Hackberry).
Density varies 48× across the parish — from 0 people/sq mi in 70643 (Grand Chenier) to 6 in 70645 (Hackberry).
Educational attainment ranges from 3.3% bachelor's+ in 70632 (Creole) to 25.5% in 70631 (Cameron) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Louisiana, this is the #64 most populous of 64 parishes and ranks #20 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $85,508 across the parish — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
18.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (218 of 1,166 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this parish.
Median household income spans 3.4× between the wealthiest and poorest ZIPs — a sign of significant intra-county inequality.
A frontier parish — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this parish's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Cameron Parish lost 47.2% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: