Baker, Louisiana

Baker population, 2020 to 2024

Baker lost 296 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +15. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 27th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Baker is 1.0 times that size.

Baker covers 8.43 square miles of land, for 1,441 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Baker is close to the typical town.

What county Baker is in

All of Baker's residents live in East Baton Rouge Parish, which had 453,022 residents in 2024. Baker holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Baker

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Baker by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70714. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Baker is

The Census internal point of Baker is at 30.583200, -91.158200. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 8.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Zachary, LA (20,370 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 10.0 miles away.

Daylight in Baker

At 30.58° N, Baker gets about 14 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 10 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 Baker

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Zachary, 5.6 miles away, with 20,370 people.