Central, Louisiana

Central population, 2020 to 2024

Central added 598 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +238. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Central is 2.6 times that size.

Central covers 62.26 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 484 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Central is less dense than the typical town.

What county Central is in

All of Central's residents live in East Baton Rouge Parish, which had 453,022 residents in 2024. Central holds 6.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Central

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Central by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70714, 70739, 70770, 70791, 70818, 70819. 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 Central is

The Census internal point of Central is at 30.559300, -91.035500. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 11.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Baton Rouge, LA (220,907 people), 10.1 miles away.

Daylight in Central

At 30.56° N, Central 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 Central

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Denham Springs, 7.4 miles away, with 9,321 people.