Bastrop, Louisiana

Bastrop population, 2020 to 2024

Bastrop lost 687 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -7.1%. In the latest year it moved by -126. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 58th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Bastrop is 76% of it.

Bastrop covers 8.56 square miles of land, for 1,042 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Bastrop is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bastrop is in

All of Bastrop's residents live in Morehouse Parish, which had 23,787 residents in 2024. Bastrop holds 37.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bastrop

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bastrop by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71220. 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 Bastrop is

The Census internal point of Bastrop is at 32.774900, -91.907800. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 165.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monroe, LA (46,622 people), 20.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 103.7 miles away.

Daylight in Bastrop

At 32.77° N, Bastrop gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bastrop

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Sterlington, 10.7 miles away, with 2,557 people.