Louisiana · Census place 2204020

Baldwin, Louisiana

Baldwin is a town in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 1,665 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 121st largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,665
#121 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-4.7%
-82 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
517 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Baldwin. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Baldwin population, 2020 to 2024

Baldwin lost 82 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.7%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

1,74720201,71920211,70320221,67820231,6652024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,756. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Baldwin covers 3.22 square miles of land, for 517 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Baldwin is less dense than the typical town.

What county Baldwin is in

All of Baldwin's residents live in St. Mary Parish, which had 46,799 residents in 2024. Baldwin holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Baldwin

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Baldwin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70514, 70538. 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 Baldwin is

The Census internal point of Baldwin is at 29.841300, -91.554900. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 47.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Franklin, LA (6,284 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 37.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.841300, -91.554900
DMS
29°50'28.68"N 91°33'17.64"W
UTM
15N 639605.3E 3302076.5N
Geohash
9vqcu87y0
Plus code
76XCRCRW+G2

Daylight in Baldwin

At 29.84° N, Baldwin gets about 14 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Baldwin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Franklin, 4.7 miles away, with 6,284 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Baldwin, LA?

1,665 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 82 (4.7%) from 1,747 in July 2020.

What county is Baldwin in?

St. Mary Parish. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Baldwin?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 70514, 70538.

How far is Baldwin from Baton Rouge?

47.9 miles (77.1 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Baldwin.

What is the nearest larger city to Baldwin?

Franklin, LA, with 6,284 residents, 4.7 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.