Louisiana · Census place 2237410

Iota, Louisiana

Iota is a town in Acadia Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 1,257 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 144th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,257
#144 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-3.8%
-49 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
990 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Iota. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Iota population, 2020 to 2024

Iota lost 49 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,308. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Iota covers 1.27 square miles of land, for 990 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Iota is less dense than the typical town.

What county Iota is in

All of Iota's residents live in Acadia Parish, which had 56,604 residents in 2024. Iota holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Iota

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Iota by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70543. 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 Iota is

The Census internal point of Iota is at 30.326100, -92.495600. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 78.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Crowley, LA (11,216 people), 10.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 29.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.326100, -92.495600
DMS
30°19'33.96"N 92°29'44.16"W
UTM
15N 548488.7E 3355028.5N
Geohash
9vqhx0wy2
Plus code
86298GG3+CQ

Daylight in Iota

At 30.33° N, Iota 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 Iota

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Crowley, 10.4 miles away, with 11,216 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Iota, LA?

1,257 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 49 (3.8%) from 1,306 in July 2020.

What county is Iota in?

Acadia Parish. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Iota?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70543.

How far is Iota from Baton Rouge?

78.5 miles (126.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Iota.

What is the nearest larger city to Iota?

Crowley, LA, with 11,216 residents, 10.4 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.