Louisiana · Census place 2217880

Cottonport, Louisiana

Cottonport is a town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 1,951 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 115th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,951
#115 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-3.9%
-80 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
971 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Cottonport. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

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Cottonport population, 2020 to 2024

Cottonport lost 80 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.9%. In the latest year it moved by -11.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,033. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cottonport covers 2.01 square miles of land, for 971 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Cottonport is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cottonport is in

All of Cottonport's residents live in Avoyelles Parish, which had 38,373 residents in 2024. Cottonport holds 5.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cottonport

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cottonport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 71327. 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 Cottonport is

The Census internal point of Cottonport is at 30.989200, -92.051000. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 63.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bunkie, LA (3,183 people), 8.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 54.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.989200, -92.051000
DMS
30°59'21.12"N 92°03'3.60"W
UTM
15N 590609.5E 3428791.4N
Geohash
9vw8336t0
Plus code
8629XWQX+MJ

Daylight in Cottonport

At 30.99° N, Cottonport gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cottonport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Mansura, 5.4 miles away, with 1,270 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cottonport, LA?

1,951 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 80 (3.9%) from 2,031 in July 2020.

What county is Cottonport in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cottonport?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71327.

How far is Cottonport from Baton Rouge?

63.1 miles (101.6 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Cottonport.

What is the nearest larger city to Cottonport?

Bunkie, LA, with 3,183 residents, 8.5 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.