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Cities in Louisiana by housing units, 2024

New Orleans, LA had the highest housing units of 35 cities in 2024, at 195,552. Covington, LA had the lowest, at 4,640. The median was 8,284 and the figure for Louisiana was 2.11 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest195,552New Orleans, LA
Lowest4,640Covington, LA
Median8,28435 cities
Louisiana2,108,902History

All cities, 2024

New Orleans, LA: 195,552 countNew Orleans, LA195,552Baton Rouge, LA: 106,712 countBaton Rouge, LA106,712Shreveport, LA: 90,007 countShreveport, LA90,007Lafayette, LA: 59,363 countLafayette, LA59,363Lake Charles, LA: 40,742 countLake Charles, LA40,742Bossier City, LA: 28,591 countBossier City, LA28,591Kenner, LA: 27,908 countKenner, LA27,908Monroe, LA: 21,574 countMonroe, LA21,574Alexandria, LA: 21,100 countAlexandria, LA21,100Houma, LA: 14,945 countHouma, LA14,945New Iberia, LA: 13,546 countNew Iberia, LA13,546Central, LA: 12,372 countCentral, LA12,372Slidell, LA: 12,203 countSlidell, LA12,203Sulphur, LA: 10,195 countSulphur, LA10,195Hammond, LA: 9,855 countHammond, LA9,855Ruston, LA: 9,563 countRuston, LA9,563Gretna, LA: 8,352 countGretna, LA8,352Natchitoches, LA: 8,284 countNatchitoches, LA8,284Zachary, LA: 7,999 countZachary, LA7,999Thibodaux, LA: 7,604 countThibodaux, LA7,604Opelousas, LA: 7,493 countOpelousas, LA7,493Pineville, LA: 6,972 countPineville, LA6,972Youngsville, LA: 6,632 countYoungsville, LA6,632Crowley, LA: 6,015 countCrowley, LA6,015Mandeville, LA: 6,003 countMandeville, LA6,003Abbeville, LA: 5,976 countAbbeville, LA5,976Gonzales, LA: 5,959 countGonzales, LA5,959West Monroe, LA: 5,905 countWest Monroe, LA5,905Minden, LA: 5,703 countMinden, LA5,703Broussard, LA: 5,658 countBroussard, LA5,658Bogalusa, LA: 5,276 countBogalusa, LA5,276Morgan City, LA: 5,224 countMorgan City, LA5,224Baker, LA: 5,009 countBaker, LA5,009Carencro, LA: 5,007 countCarencro, LA5,007Covington, LA: 4,640 countCovington, LA4,640New Orleans, LA: 195,552 countNew Orleans, LA195,552Baton Rouge, LA: 106,712 countBaton Rouge, LA106,712Shreveport, LA: 90,007 countShreveport, LA90,007Lafayette, LA: 59,363 countLafayette, LA59,363Lake Charles, LA: 40,742 countLake Charles, LA40,742Bossier City, LA: 28,591 countBossier City, LA28,591Kenner, LA: 27,908 countKenner, LA27,908Monroe, LA: 21,574 countMonroe, LA21,574Alexandria, LA: 21,100 countAlexandria, LA21,100Houma, LA: 14,945 countHouma, LA14,945New Iberia, LA: 13,546 countNew Iberia, LA13,546Central, LA: 12,372 countCentral, LA12,372Slidell, LA: 12,203 countSlidell, LA12,203Sulphur, LA: 10,195 countSulphur, LA10,195Hammond, LA: 9,855 countHammond, LA9,855Ruston, LA: 9,563 countRuston, LA9,563Gretna, LA: 8,352 countGretna, LA8,352Natchitoches, LA: 8,284 countNatchitoches, LA8,284Zachary, LA: 7,999 countZachary, LA7,999Thibodaux, LA: 7,604 countThibodaux, LA7,604Opelousas, LA: 7,493 countOpelousas, LA7,493Pineville, LA: 6,972 countPineville, LA6,972Youngsville, LA: 6,632 countYoungsville, LA6,632Crowley, LA: 6,015 countCrowley, LA6,015Mandeville, LA: 6,003 countMandeville, LA6,003Abbeville, LA: 5,976 countAbbeville, LA5,976Gonzales, LA: 5,959 countGonzales, LA5,959West Monroe, LA: 5,905 countWest Monroe, LA5,905Minden, LA: 5,703 countMinden, LA5,703Broussard, LA: 5,658 countBroussard, LA5,658Bogalusa, LA: 5,276 countBogalusa, LA5,276Morgan City, LA: 5,224 countMorgan City, LA5,224Baker, LA: 5,009 countBaker, LA5,009Carencro, LA: 5,007 countCarencro, LA5,007Covington, LA: 4,640 countCovington, LA4,640
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
count		Change on 2023
1New Orleans, LA195,552+0.4%
2Baton Rouge, LA106,712+0.3%
3Shreveport, LA90,007-0.3%
4Lafayette, LA59,363+0.8%
5Lake Charles, LA40,742+1.5%
6Bossier City, LA28,591+1.3%
7Kenner, LA27,908-0.3%
8Monroe, LA21,574+1.2%
9Alexandria, LA21,100+1.4%
10Houma, LA14,945-1.6%
11New Iberia, LA13,546+1.3%
12Central, LA12,372+2.1%
13Slidell, LA12,203+0.5%
14Sulphur, LA10,195-2.1%
15Hammond, LA9,855+13.2%
16Ruston, LA9,563+3%
17Gretna, LA8,352+1.1%
18Natchitoches, LA8,284+1.4%
19Zachary, LA7,999+7.1%
20Thibodaux, LA7,604+4%
21Opelousas, LA7,493+5.7%
22Pineville, LA6,972+1.1%
23Youngsville, LA6,632+13.3%
24Crowley, LA6,015-2.2%
25Mandeville, LA6,003-0.4%
26Abbeville, LA5,976+1.3%
27Gonzales, LA5,959-0%
28West Monroe, LA5,905-5.4%
29Minden, LA5,703-0.6%
30Broussard, LA5,658+2.7%
31Bogalusa, LA5,276+1.7%
32Morgan City, LA5,224-2.4%
33Baker, LA5,009+0.6%
34Carencro, LA5,007+3.9%
35Covington, LA4,640-1.4%

Other periods

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All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Louisiana by housing units, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Louisiana by housing units, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/louisiana-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Louisiana by housing units, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/louisiana-cities.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Louisiana by housing units, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/louisiana-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest housing units?

New Orleans, LA, with 195,552 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Covington, LA, with 4,640 in 2024.

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