Louisiana · Census place 2218650

Crowley, Louisiana

Crowley is a city in Acadia Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 11,216 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 31st largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,216
#31 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-4.0%
-462 people
Land area
5.9 sq mi
Density
1,917 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Crowley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Crowley population, 2020 to 2024

Crowley lost 462 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by -83. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 42nd; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Crowley is 96% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,698. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Crowley covers 5.85 square miles of land, for 1,917 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Crowley is denser than the typical town.

What county Crowley is in

All of Crowley's residents live in Acadia Parish, which had 56,604 residents in 2024. Crowley holds 19.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Crowley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Crowley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70526. 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 Crowley is

The Census internal point of Crowley is at 30.217900, -92.374800. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 72.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lafayette, LA (122,280 people), 20.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.217900, -92.374800
DMS
30°13'4.44"N 92°22'29.28"W
UTM
15N 560167.5E 3343096.1N
Geohash
9vq7cvn8p
Plus code
86296J9G+53

Daylight in Crowley

At 30.22° N, Crowley gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Crowley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Rayne, 6.6 miles away, with 6,983 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Crowley, LA?

11,216 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 462 (4.0%) from 11,678 in July 2020.

What county is Crowley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Crowley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70526.

How far is Crowley from Baton Rouge?

72.7 miles (117.1 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Crowley.

What is the nearest larger city to Crowley?

Lafayette, LA, with 122,280 residents, 20.7 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.