Harahan, Louisiana

Harahan population, 2020 to 2024

Harahan lost 279 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +21. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 34th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Harahan is 75% of it.

Harahan covers 2.02 square miles of land and 0.48 of water, for 4,366 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Harahan is denser than the typical town.

What county Harahan is in

All of Harahan's residents live in Jefferson Parish, which had 427,253 residents in 2024. Harahan holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Harahan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Harahan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70123. 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 Harahan is

The Census internal point of Harahan is at 29.936400, -90.202700. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 68.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kenner, LA (64,650 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Orleans, LA, 18.0 miles away.

Daylight in Harahan

At 29.94° N, Harahan gets about 14 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Harahan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Westwego, 4.1 miles away, with 8,231 people.