| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 318 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:24 PM |
| Population: | 14,604 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 22059 |
| Land Area: | 647 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 18 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 31.7768, -92.2487 |
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14,604 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 647 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 14,733 to 14,604 from 2014 to 2024 — a -0.9% change. 3 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The parish's wealthiest ZIP 71342 (Jena, $72,154 median) and poorest ZIP 71465 (Olla, $42,366) are 20.4 miles apart — a 1.7× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.8× across this parish — from $94,300 in 71480 (Urania) to $165,300 in 71371 (Trout).
Density varies 11368× across the parish — from 6 people/sq mi in 71479 (Tullos) to 67,391 in 71480 (Urania).
Educational attainment ranges from 4.8% bachelor's+ in 71480 (Urania) to 15.7% in 71342 (Jena) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Louisiana, this is the #51 most populous of 64 parishes and ranks #26 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $62,785 across the parish — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
13.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,360 of 10,109 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this parish.
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.