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Cities in Louisiana by housing units

New Orleans, LA had the highest housing units of 35 cities in 2021, at 193,376. Covington, LA had the lowest, at 4,257. The median was 7,692 and the figure for Louisiana was 2.07 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest193,376New Orleans, LA
Lowest4,257Covington, LA
Median7,69235 cities
Louisiana2,066,323History

All cities, 2021

New Orleans, LA: 193,376 countNew Orleans, LA193,376Baton Rouge, LA: 104,557 countBaton Rouge, LA104,557Shreveport, LA: 89,920 countShreveport, LA89,920Lafayette, LA: 58,112 countLafayette, LA58,112Lake Charles, LA: 39,061 countLake Charles, LA39,061Kenner, LA: 28,468 countKenner, LA28,468Bossier City, LA: 27,922 countBossier City, LA27,922Monroe, LA: 21,050 countMonroe, LA21,050Alexandria, LA: 20,932 countAlexandria, LA20,932Houma, LA: 14,893 countHouma, LA14,893New Iberia, LA: 13,506 countNew Iberia, LA13,506Slidell, LA: 11,863 countSlidell, LA11,863Central, LA: 11,862 countCentral, LA11,862Sulphur, LA: 10,225 countSulphur, LA10,225Ruston, LA: 8,819 countRuston, LA8,819Gretna, LA: 8,806 countGretna, LA8,806Natchitoches, LA: 7,771 countNatchitoches, LA7,771Hammond, LA: 7,692 countHammond, LA7,692Opelousas, LA: 6,894 countOpelousas, LA6,894Zachary, LA: 6,869 countZachary, LA6,869Thibodaux, LA: 6,650 countThibodaux, LA6,650Pineville, LA: 6,599 countPineville, LA6,599West Monroe, LA: 6,439 countWest Monroe, LA6,439Abbeville, LA: 5,916 countAbbeville, LA5,916Mandeville, LA: 5,731 countMandeville, LA5,731Minden, LA: 5,701 countMinden, LA5,701Morgan City, LA: 5,678 countMorgan City, LA5,678Crowley, LA: 5,629 countCrowley, LA5,629Gonzales, LA: 5,481 countGonzales, LA5,481Bogalusa, LA: 5,335 countBogalusa, LA5,335Broussard, LA: 5,165 countBroussard, LA5,165Baker, LA: 5,091 countBaker, LA5,091Youngsville, LA: 4,920 countYoungsville, LA4,920Carencro, LA: 4,278 countCarencro, LA4,278Covington, LA: 4,257 countCovington, LA4,257New Orleans, LA: 193,376 countNew Orleans, LA193,376Baton Rouge, LA: 104,557 countBaton Rouge, LA104,557Shreveport, LA: 89,920 countShreveport, LA89,920Lafayette, LA: 58,112 countLafayette, LA58,112Lake Charles, LA: 39,061 countLake Charles, LA39,061Kenner, LA: 28,468 countKenner, LA28,468Bossier City, LA: 27,922 countBossier City, LA27,922Monroe, LA: 21,050 countMonroe, LA21,050Alexandria, LA: 20,932 countAlexandria, LA20,932Houma, LA: 14,893 countHouma, LA14,893New Iberia, LA: 13,506 countNew Iberia, LA13,506Slidell, LA: 11,863 countSlidell, LA11,863Central, LA: 11,862 countCentral, LA11,862Sulphur, LA: 10,225 countSulphur, LA10,225Ruston, LA: 8,819 countRuston, LA8,819Gretna, LA: 8,806 countGretna, LA8,806Natchitoches, LA: 7,771 countNatchitoches, LA7,771Hammond, LA: 7,692 countHammond, LA7,692Opelousas, LA: 6,894 countOpelousas, LA6,894Zachary, LA: 6,869 countZachary, LA6,869Thibodaux, LA: 6,650 countThibodaux, LA6,650Pineville, LA: 6,599 countPineville, LA6,599West Monroe, LA: 6,439 countWest Monroe, LA6,439Abbeville, LA: 5,916 countAbbeville, LA5,916Mandeville, LA: 5,731 countMandeville, LA5,731Minden, LA: 5,701 countMinden, LA5,701Morgan City, LA: 5,678 countMorgan City, LA5,678Crowley, LA: 5,629 countCrowley, LA5,629Gonzales, LA: 5,481 countGonzales, LA5,481Bogalusa, LA: 5,335 countBogalusa, LA5,335Broussard, LA: 5,165 countBroussard, LA5,165Baker, LA: 5,091 countBaker, LA5,091Youngsville, LA: 4,920 countYoungsville, LA4,920Carencro, LA: 4,278 countCarencro, LA4,278Covington, LA: 4,257 countCovington, LA4,257
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

RankCities2021
count
1New Orleans, LA193,376
2Baton Rouge, LA104,557
3Shreveport, LA89,920
4Lafayette, LA58,112
5Lake Charles, LA39,061
6Kenner, LA28,468
7Bossier City, LA27,922
8Monroe, LA21,050
9Alexandria, LA20,932
10Houma, LA14,893
11New Iberia, LA13,506
12Slidell, LA11,863
13Central, LA11,862
14Sulphur, LA10,225
15Ruston, LA8,819
16Gretna, LA8,806
17Natchitoches, LA7,771
18Hammond, LA7,692
19Opelousas, LA6,894
20Zachary, LA6,869
21Thibodaux, LA6,650
22Pineville, LA6,599
23West Monroe, LA6,439
24Abbeville, LA5,916
25Mandeville, LA5,731
26Minden, LA5,701
27Morgan City, LA5,678
28Crowley, LA5,629
29Gonzales, LA5,481
30Bogalusa, LA5,335
31Broussard, LA5,165
32Baker, LA5,091
33Youngsville, LA4,920
34Carencro, LA4,278
35Covington, LA4,257

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/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-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, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/louisiana-cities?period=2021. 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, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/louisiana-cities?period=2021.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/louisiana-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest housing units?

New Orleans, LA, with 193,376 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest housing units?

Covington, LA, with 4,257 in 2021.

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