Louisiana · Census place 2224565

Eunice, Louisiana

Eunice is a city in 2 counties of Louisiana with an estimated 9,044 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 40th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,044
#40 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-3.6%
-338 people
Land area
5.1 sq mi
Density
1,760 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Eunice. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Eunice population, 2020 to 2024

Eunice lost 338 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -85. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 38th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Eunice is 77% of it.

9,38220209,31820219,20420229,12920239,0442024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,419. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Eunice covers 5.14 square miles of land, for 1,760 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Eunice is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Eunice spans

Eunice crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 9,044 residents as follows; St. Landry Parish holds 96.8% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01St. Landry Parish8,756
  2. 02Acadia Parish288
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Eunice

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Eunice by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70535. 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 Eunice is

The Census internal point of Eunice is at 30.490400, -92.419100. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 73.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Crowley, LA (11,216 people), 19.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 30.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.490400, -92.419100
DMS
30°29'25.44"N 92°25'8.76"W
UTM
15N 555749.4E 3373271.1N
Geohash
9vqm2yw7q
Plus code
8629FHRJ+59

Daylight in Eunice

At 30.49° N, Eunice 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 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Eunice

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Mamou, 10.0 miles away, with 2,817 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Eunice, LA?

9,044 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 338 (3.6%) from 9,382 in July 2020.

What county is Eunice in?

It spans 2 counties: St. Landry Parish (8,756 residents), Acadia Parish (288 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Eunice?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70535.

How far is Eunice from Baton Rouge?

73.4 miles (118.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Eunice.

What is the nearest larger city to Eunice?

Crowley, LA, with 11,216 residents, 19.0 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.