Louisiana · Census place 2206925
Benton, Louisiana
Benton is a town in Bossier Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 2,099 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 110th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,099
- #110 of 155 in Louisiana
- Change since 2020
- +2.3%
- +48 people
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- Density
- 833 / sq mi
- State median 1,568
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Benton population, 2020 to 2024
Benton added 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
Benton covers 2.52 square miles of land, for 833 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Benton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Benton is in
All of Benton's residents live in Bossier Parish, which had 131,102 residents in 2024. Benton holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Benton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Benton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 71006. 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 Benton is
The Census internal point of Benton is at 32.689600, -93.740100. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 215.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Blanchard, LA (3,371 people), 10.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 15.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.689600, -93.740100
- DMS
- 32°41'22.56"N 93°44'24.36"W
- UTM
- 15N 430621.1E 3617118.8N
- Geohash
- 9vv3fyuw9
- Plus code
- 8648M7Q5+RX
Daylight in Benton
At 32.69° N, Benton gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Benton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Blanchard, 10.3 miles away, with 3,371 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Benton, LA?
2,099 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 48 (2.3%) from 2,051 in July 2020.
What county is Benton in?
Bossier Parish. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Benton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71006.
How far is Benton from Baton Rouge?
215.3 miles (346.6 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Benton.
What is the nearest larger city to Benton?
Blanchard, LA, with 3,371 residents, 10.3 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.