Gueydan, Louisiana

Gueydan population, 2020 to 2024

Gueydan lost 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

Gueydan covers 0.91 square miles of land, for 1,235 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Gueydan is less dense than the typical town.

What county Gueydan is in

All of Gueydan's residents live in Vermilion Parish, which had 57,641 residents in 2024. Gueydan holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gueydan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gueydan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70542. 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 Gueydan is

The Census internal point of Gueydan is at 30.029000, -92.507000. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 84.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lake Arthur, LA (2,564 people), 10.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 31.1 miles away.

Daylight in Gueydan

At 30.03° N, Gueydan gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gueydan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake Arthur, 10.8 miles away, with 2,564 people.