Louisiana · Census place 2233875
Henderson, Louisiana
Henderson is a town in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 1,605 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 126th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,605
- #126 of 155 in Louisiana
- Change since 2020
- +0.0%
- +0 people
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 537 / sq mi
- State median 1,568
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Henderson population, 2020 to 2024
Henderson added 0 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +6.
Henderson covers 2.99 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 537 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Henderson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Henderson is in
All of Henderson's residents live in St. Martin Parish, which had 51,218 residents in 2024. Henderson holds 3.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Henderson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Henderson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70517. 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 Henderson is
The Census internal point of Henderson is at 30.317800, -91.803700. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 38.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Breaux Bridge, LA (7,582 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 15.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.317800, -91.803700
- DMS
- 30°19'4.08"N 91°48'13.32"W
- UTM
- 15N 615015.1E 3354607.2N
- Geohash
- 9vqsqzntf
- Plus code
- 862C859W+4G
Daylight in Henderson
At 30.32° N, Henderson gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Henderson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Breaux Bridge, 6.6 miles away, with 7,582 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Henderson, LA?
1,605 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 0 (0.0%) from 1,605 in July 2020.
What county is Henderson in?
St. Martin Parish. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Henderson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70517.
How far is Henderson from Baton Rouge?
38.0 miles (61.1 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Henderson.
What is the nearest larger city to Henderson?
Breaux Bridge, LA, with 7,582 residents, 6.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.