Louisiana · Census place 2220190

Delhi, Louisiana

Delhi is a town in Richland Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 2,534 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 105th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,534
#105 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-3.4%
-89 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
883 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Delhi. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Delhi population, 2020 to 2024

Delhi lost 89 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.4%. In the latest year it moved by -19.

2,62320202,58920212,57320222,55320232,5342024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,627. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Delhi covers 2.87 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 883 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Delhi is less dense than the typical town.

What county Delhi is in

All of Delhi's residents live in Richland Parish, which had 19,643 residents in 2024. Delhi holds 12.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Delhi

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Delhi by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 71232. 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 Delhi is

The Census internal point of Delhi is at 32.452800, -91.490000. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 139.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rayville, LA (3,195 people), 15.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 75.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.452800, -91.490000
DMS
32°27'10.08"N 91°29'24.00"W
UTM
15N 641929.2E 3591630.7N
Geohash
9vybw5g52
Plus code
864CFG35+4X

Daylight in Delhi

At 32.45° N, Delhi gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Delhi

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Rayville, 15.6 miles away, with 3,195 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Delhi, LA?

2,534 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 89 (3.4%) from 2,623 in July 2020.

What county is Delhi in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Delhi?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71232.

How far is Delhi from Baton Rouge?

139.0 miles (223.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Delhi.

What is the nearest larger city to Delhi?

Rayville, LA, with 3,195 residents, 15.7 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.