Hammond, Louisiana

Hammond population, 2020 to 2024

Hammond added 3,718 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +18.9%. In the latest year it moved by +911. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Hammond is 2.0 times that size.

Hammond covers 14.25 square miles of land, for 1,644 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Hammond is close to the typical town.

What county Hammond is in

All of Hammond's residents live in Tangipahoa Parish, which had 139,823 residents in 2024. Hammond holds 16.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hammond

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hammond by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70401, 70402, 70403. 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 Hammond is

The Census internal point of Hammond is at 30.505700, -90.456500. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 43.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Central, LA (30,161 people), 34.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 40.6 miles away.

Daylight in Hammond

At 30.51° N, Hammond 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 Hammond

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Ponchatoula, 4.6 miles away, with 7,735 people.