Louisiana · Census place 2238075

Jeanerette, Louisiana

Jeanerette is a city in Iberia Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 4,557 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 65th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,557
#65 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-5.0%
-238 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
1,973 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Jeanerette. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Jeanerette population, 2020 to 2024

Jeanerette lost 238 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.0%. In the latest year it moved by -29.

4,79520204,73020214,64620224,58620234,5572024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,816. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jeanerette covers 2.31 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,973 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Jeanerette is denser than the typical town.

What county Jeanerette is in

All of Jeanerette's residents live in Iberia Parish, which had 67,540 residents in 2024. Jeanerette holds 6.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jeanerette

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jeanerette by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70544. 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 Jeanerette is

The Census internal point of Jeanerette is at 29.915200, -91.676300. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 47.5 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Iberia, LA (26,849 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 29.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.915200, -91.676300
DMS
29°54'54.72"N 91°40'34.68"W
UTM
15N 627782.0E 3310125.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
76XCW88F+3F

Daylight in Jeanerette

At 29.92° N, Jeanerette 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 Jeanerette

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Baldwin, 8.9 miles away, with 1,665 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jeanerette, LA?

4,557 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 238 (5.0%) from 4,795 in July 2020.

What county is Jeanerette in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Jeanerette?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70544.

How far is Jeanerette from Baton Rouge?

47.5 miles (76.4 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Jeanerette.

What is the nearest larger city to Jeanerette?

New Iberia, LA, with 26,849 residents, 10.6 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.