Bogalusa, Louisiana

Bogalusa population, 2020 to 2024

Bogalusa lost 253 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 28th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Bogalusa is 89% of it.

Bogalusa covers 9.51 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,090 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Bogalusa is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bogalusa is in

All of Bogalusa's residents live in Washington Parish, which had 45,090 residents in 2024. Bogalusa holds 23.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bogalusa

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bogalusa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70427. 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 Bogalusa is

The Census internal point of Bogalusa is at 30.775400, -89.861700. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 81.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Picayune, MS (12,017 people), 20.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Orleans, LA, 50.1 miles away.

Daylight in Bogalusa

At 30.78° N, Bogalusa gets about 14 h 09 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 Bogalusa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Franklinton, 17.6 miles away, with 3,592 people.