| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 318 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:53:44 PM |
| Population: | 3,935 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 22107 |
| Land Area: | 617 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 21 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 31.9767, -91.3729 |
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3,935 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 617 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 5,008 to 3,935 from 2014 to 2024 — a -21.4% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The parish's wealthiest ZIP 71366 (Saint Joseph, $48,977 median) and poorest ZIP 71375 (Waterproof, $24,231) are 11.0 miles apart — a 2.0× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.8× across this parish — from $59,200 in 71375 (Waterproof) to $107,700 in 71366 (Saint Joseph).
Density varies 2× across the parish — from 5 people/sq mi in 71357 (Newellton) to 8 in 71375 (Waterproof).
Educational attainment ranges from 12.9% bachelor's+ in 71375 (Waterproof) to 16.9% in 71366 (Saint Joseph) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Louisiana, this is the #63 most populous of 64 parishes and ranks #64 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $34,515 across the parish — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
14.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (413 of 2,835 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 0 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.
Tensas Parish lost 21.4% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: