Louisiana · Census place 2238092

Jean Lafitte, Louisiana

Jean Lafitte is a town in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 1,815 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 117th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,815; #117 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020: +0.3%; +6 people
Land area: 5.9 sq mi; + 0.36 sq mi water
Density: 310 / sq mi; State median 1,568

Orange pin: Jean Lafitte. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

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Jean Lafitte population, 2020 to 2024

Jean Lafitte added 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +19.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,808. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jean Lafitte covers 5.85 square miles of land and 0.36 of water, for 310 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Jean Lafitte is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jean Lafitte is in

All of Jean Lafitte's residents live in Jefferson Parish, which had 427,253 residents in 2024. Jean Lafitte holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jean Lafitte

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jean Lafitte by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70067. 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 Jean Lafitte is

The Census internal point of Jean Lafitte is at 29.753400, -90.101600. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 81.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Westwego, LA (8,231 people), 10.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Orleans, LA, 23.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 29.753400, -90.101600
DMS: 29°45'12.24"N 90°06'5.76"W
UTM: 15N 780293.6E 3294980.8N
Geohash: 9vrcm8qn0
Plus code: 76XFQV3X+99

Daylight in Jean Lafitte

At 29.75° N, Jean Lafitte gets about 14 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jean Lafitte

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Westwego, 10.8 miles away, with 8,231 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jean Lafitte, LA?

1,815 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6 (0.3%) from 1,809 in July 2020.

What county is Jean Lafitte in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Jean Lafitte?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70067.

How far is Jean Lafitte from Baton Rouge?

81.1 miles (130.5 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Jean Lafitte.

What is the nearest larger city to Jean Lafitte?

Westwego, LA, with 8,231 residents, 10.8 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.