Louisiana · Census place 2220435

Denham Springs, Louisiana

Denham Springs is a city in Livingston Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 9,321 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,321
#38 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+14 people
Land area
7.3 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,273 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Denham Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Denham Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Denham Springs added 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by -21. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 19th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Denham Springs is 80% of it.

9,30720209,35620219,31520229,34220239,3212024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,295. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Denham Springs covers 7.32 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,273 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Denham Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county Denham Springs is in

All of Denham Springs's residents live in Livingston Parish, which had 152,886 residents in 2024. Denham Springs holds 6.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Denham Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Denham Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70726. 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 Denham Springs is

The Census internal point of Denham Springs is at 30.474300, -90.959000. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 13.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Central, LA (30,161 people), 7.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 10.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.474300, -90.959000
DMS
30°28'27.48"N 90°57'32.40"W
UTM
15N 695927.2E 3373113.8N
Geohash
9vrm65ttt
Plus code
862FF2FR+PC

Daylight in Denham Springs

At 30.47° N, Denham Springs 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 Denham Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Walker, 5.6 miles away, with 6,402 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Denham Springs, LA?

9,321 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 14 (0.2%) from 9,307 in July 2020.

What county is Denham Springs in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Denham Springs?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70726.

How far is Denham Springs from Baton Rouge?

13.6 miles (21.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Denham Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Denham Springs?

Central, LA, with 30,161 residents, 7.5 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.