Louisiana · Census place 2218125

Covington, Louisiana

Covington is a city in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 11,686 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 30th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,686
#30 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+117 people
Land area
8.0 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
1,453 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Covington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Covington population, 2020 to 2024

Covington added 117 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +37. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Covington is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,579. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Covington covers 8.04 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,453 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Covington is close to the typical town.

What county Covington is in

All of Covington's residents live in St. Tammany Parish, which had 277,615 residents in 2024. Covington holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Covington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Covington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70433. 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 Covington is

The Census internal point of Covington is at 30.480200, -90.111800. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 64.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mandeville, LA (12,973 people), 7.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Orleans, LA, 31.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.480200, -90.111800
DMS
30°28'48.72"N 90°06'42.48"W
UTM
15N 777266.7E 3375544.0N
Geohash
9vrvmky84
Plus code
862FFVJQ+37

Daylight in Covington

At 30.48° N, Covington gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Covington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Abita Springs, 5.5 miles away, with 2,752 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Covington, LA?

11,686 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 117 (1.0%) from 11,569 in July 2020.

What county is Covington in?

St. Tammany Parish. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Covington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70433.

How far is Covington from Baton Rouge?

64.1 miles (103.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Covington.

What is the nearest larger city to Covington?

Mandeville, LA, with 12,973 residents, 7.2 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.