# Cities in Louisiana by population, 2025

All 36 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January. Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January. United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/louisiana-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | New Orleans, LA | 362,154 |
| 2 | Baton Rouge, LA | 222,795 |
| 3 | Shreveport, LA | 175,902 |
| 4 | Lafayette, LA | 123,311 |
| 5 | Lake Charles, LA | 82,676 |
| 6 | St. George, LA | 78,536 |
| 7 | Kenner, LA | 65,136 |
| 8 | Bossier City, LA | 63,259 |
| 9 | Monroe, LA | 46,860 |
| 10 | Alexandria, LA | 42,938 |
| 11 | Houma, LA | 31,735 |
| 12 | Central, LA | 30,313 |
| 13 | Slidell, LA | 28,341 |
| 14 | New Iberia, LA | 26,533 |
| 15 | Hammond, LA | 24,032 |
| 16 | Ruston, LA | 22,397 |
| 17 | Zachary, LA | 20,621 |
| 18 | Sulphur, LA | 20,492 |
| 19 | Youngsville, LA | 19,980 |
| 20 | Gretna, LA | 17,360 |
| 21 | Natchitoches, LA | 17,146 |
| 22 | Broussard, LA | 15,799 |
| 23 | Thibodaux, LA | 15,573 |
| 24 | Opelousas, LA | 15,098 |
| 25 | Pineville, LA | 13,967 |
| 26 | Gonzales, LA | 13,930 |
| 27 | Carencro, LA | 13,224 |
| 28 | Mandeville, LA | 12,918 |
| 29 | West Monroe, LA | 12,478 |
| 30 | Baker, LA | 12,136 |
| 31 | Covington, LA | 11,721 |
| 32 | Crowley, LA | 11,223 |
| 33 | Minden, LA | 11,103 |
| 34 | Abbeville, LA | 10,861 |
| 35 | Morgan City, LA | 10,757 |
| 36 | Bogalusa, LA | 10,321 |