Louisiana · Census place 2200835

Albany, Louisiana

Albany is a town in Livingston Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 1,247 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 146th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,247
#146 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+7 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
931 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Albany. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Albany population, 2020 to 2024

Albany added 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,238. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Albany covers 1.34 square miles of land, for 931 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Albany is less dense than the typical town.

What county Albany is in

All of Albany's residents live in Livingston Parish, which had 152,886 residents in 2024. Albany holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Albany

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Albany by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70711. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Albany is

The Census internal point of Albany is at 30.499200, -90.583800. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 36.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hammond, LA (23,426 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 33.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.499200, -90.583800
DMS
30°29'57.12"N 90°35'1.68"W
UTM
15N 731895.3E 3376585.4N
Geohash
9vrtd8nys
Plus code
862FFCX8+MF

Daylight in Albany

At 30.50° N, Albany gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Albany

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Hammond, 7.6 miles away, with 23,426 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Albany, LA?

1,247 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7 (0.6%) from 1,240 in July 2020.

What county is Albany in?

Livingston Parish. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Albany?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70711.

How far is Albany from Baton Rouge?

36.0 miles (58.0 km) in a straight line, heading W from Albany.

What is the nearest larger city to Albany?

Hammond, LA, with 23,426 residents, 7.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.