Louisiana · Census place 2215780

Clarks, Louisiana

Clarks is a village in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 1,034 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 153rd largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,034
#153 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-16 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
1,077 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Clarks. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Clarks population, 2020 to 2024

Clarks lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

1,05020201,04720211,04320221,03520231,0342024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,052. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clarks covers 0.96 square miles of land, for 1,077 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Clarks is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clarks is in

All of Clarks's residents live in Caldwell Parish, which had 9,393 residents in 2024. Clarks holds 11.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clarks

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Clarks by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 71415, 71435. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Clarks is

The Census internal point of Clarks is at 32.028800, -92.140800. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 122.3 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Olla, LA (1,294 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 101.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.028800, -92.140800
DMS
32°01'43.68"N 92°08'26.88"W
UTM
15N 581132.0E 3543950.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86492VH5+GM

Daylight in Clarks

At 32.03° N, Clarks gets about 14 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clarks

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Olla, 10.8 miles away, with 1,294 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clarks, LA?

1,034 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (1.5%) from 1,050 in July 2020.

What county is Clarks in?

Caldwell Parish. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Clarks?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 71415, 71435.

How far is Clarks from Baton Rouge?

122.3 miles (196.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Clarks.

What is the nearest larger city to Clarks?

Olla, LA, with 1,294 residents, 10.7 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.