| ZIP Codes: | 6 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 2 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 985 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:53:44 PM |
| Population: | 45,956 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 22117 |
| CBSA: | Bogalusa, LA |
| Land Area: | 700 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 7 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 30.8576, -89.9786 |
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45,956 residents live across 6 ZIPs covering 700 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 47,147 to 45,956 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.5% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The parish's wealthiest ZIP 70450 (Mount Hermon, $61,333 median) and poorest ZIP 70426 (Angie, $29,821) are 22.4 miles apart — a 2.1× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.6× across this parish — from $126,600 in 70426 (Angie) to $200,000 in 70450 (Mount Hermon).
Density varies 3× across the parish — from 40 people/sq mi in 70450 (Mount Hermon) to 115 in 70427 (Bogalusa).
Educational attainment ranges from 8.4% bachelor's+ in 70426 (Angie) to 18.3% in 70450 (Mount Hermon) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Louisiana, this is the #23 most populous of 64 parishes and ranks #54 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $44,686 across the parish — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
12.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (4,063 of 31,524 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 2 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.