Louisiana · Census place 2201885
Amite City, Louisiana
Amite City is a town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 4,086 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 72nd largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,086
- #72 of 155 in Louisiana
- Change since 2020
- +1.6%
- +66 people
- Land area
- 3.9 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,053 / sq mi
- State median 1,568
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Amite City population, 2020 to 2024
Amite City added 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +28.
Amite City covers 3.88 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,053 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Amite City is less dense than the typical town.
What county Amite City is in
All of Amite City's residents live in Tangipahoa Parish, which had 139,823 residents in 2024. Amite City holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Amite City
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Amite City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70422. 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 Amite City is
The Census internal point of Amite City is at 30.732200, -90.515300. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 44.2 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hammond, LA (23,426 people), 16.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 41.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.732200, -90.515300
- DMS
- 30°43'55.92"N 90°30'55.08"W
- UTM
- 15N 737900.7E 3402560.7N
- Geohash
- 9vrwu68u0
- Plus code
- 862FPFJM+VV
Daylight in Amite City
At 30.73° N, Amite City gets about 14 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Amite City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Independence, 6.7 miles away, with 1,653 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Amite City, LA?
4,086 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 66 (1.6%) from 4,020 in July 2020.
What county is Amite City in?
Tangipahoa Parish. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Amite City?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70422.
How far is Amite City from Baton Rouge?
44.2 miles (71.2 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Amite City.
What is the nearest larger city to Amite City?
Hammond, LA, with 23,426 residents, 16.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.