Ranking of Louisiana Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all Louisiana counties, Orleans Parish had the highest population density per square mile (2.27K people per sqr mile), followed by Jefferson Parish (1.47K people per sqr mile), and East Baton Rouge Parish (1.00K people per sqr mile).
On the other hand, Cameron Parish had the lowest population density (4.37 people per sqr mile), followed by Tensas Parish (6.88 people per sqr mile), and Catahoula Parish (12.58 people per sqr mile).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all Louisiana counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.
| Rank | County | Population Density |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orleans Parish | 2265.61 |
| 2 | Jefferson Parish | 1464.64 |
| 3 | East Baton Rouge Parish | 1002.81 |
| 4 | Lafayette Parish | 899.29 |
| 5 | Ascension Parish | 436.25 |
| 6 | St. Tammany Parish | 313.01 |
| 7 | Caddo Parish | 270.45 |
| 8 | Ouachita Parish | 262.75 |
| 9 | Livingston Parish | 219.53 |
| 10 | Calcasieu Parish | 203.73 |
| 11 | St. John the Baptist Parish | 198.05 |
| 12 | St. Charles Parish | 189.20 |
| 13 | Tangipahoa Parish | 168.30 |
| 14 | Bossier Parish | 153.36 |
| 15 | West Baton Rouge Parish | 141.41 |
| 16 | Iberia Parish | 121.89 |
| 17 | St. Bernard Parish | 115.93 |
| 18 | Lincoln Parish | 102.61 |
| 19 | Rapides Parish | 98.47 |
| 20 | Lafourche Parish | 91.36 |
| 21 | St. Landry Parish | 89.33 |
| 22 | Terrebonne Parish | 89.10 |
| 23 | St. Mary Parish | 88.89 |
| 24 | Acadia Parish | 87.87 |
| 25 | St. James Parish | 84.89 |
| 26 | St. Martin Parish | 70.19 |
| 27 | Washington Parish | 67.89 |
| 28 | Webster Parish | 62.31 |
| 29 | Assumption Parish | 61.16 |
| 30 | Jefferson Davis Parish | 49.50 |
| 31 | Iberville Parish | 48.88 |
| 32 | Vermilion Parish | 48.87 |
| 33 | Evangeline Parish | 48.84 |
| 34 | Avoyelles Parish | 47.71 |
| 35 | East Feliciana Parish | 43.11 |
| 36 | West Feliciana Parish | 37.96 |
| 37 | Pointe Coupee Parish | 37.28 |
| 38 | Vernon Parish | 36.74 |
| 39 | Richland Parish | 36.07 |
| 40 | Grant Parish | 34.47 |
| 41 | Morehouse Parish | 32.24 |
| 42 | Franklin Parish | 31.67 |
| 43 | Beauregard Parish | 31.58 |
| 44 | De Soto Parish | 30.59 |
| 45 | Plaquemines Parish | 30.14 |
| 46 | Natchitoches Parish | 29.93 |
| 47 | Allen Parish | 29.85 |
| 48 | West Carroll Parish | 27.11 |
| 49 | Concordia Parish | 26.81 |
| 50 | St. Helena Parish | 26.73 |
| 51 | Jackson Parish | 26.40 |
| 52 | Sabine Parish | 25.57 |
| 53 | Union Parish | 24.07 |
| 54 | LaSalle Parish | 23.67 |
| 55 | Red River Parish | 19.59 |
| 56 | Claiborne Parish | 18.77 |
| 57 | Caldwell Parish | 18.21 |
| 58 | East Carroll Parish | 17.72 |
| 59 | Madison Parish | 16.05 |
| 60 | Bienville Parish | 16.00 |
| 61 | Winn Parish | 14.48 |
| 62 | Catahoula Parish | 12.58 |
| 63 | Tensas Parish | 6.88 |
| 64 | Cameron Parish | 4.37 |