Louisiana · Census place 2239475

Kenner, Louisiana

Kenner is a city in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 64,650 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 6th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
64,650
#6 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-1,640 people
Land area
14.9 sq mi
+ 0.22 sq mi water
Density
4,342 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Kenner. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Kenner population, 2020 to 2024

Kenner lost 1,640 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +745. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Kenner is 5.5 times that size.

66.3k202065.4k202164.2k202263.9k202364.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 66,457. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kenner covers 14.89 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 4,342 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Kenner is denser than the typical town.

What county Kenner is in

All of Kenner's residents live in Jefferson Parish, which had 427,253 residents in 2024. Kenner holds 15.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kenner

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Kenner by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70062, 70065. 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 Kenner is

The Census internal point of Kenner is at 30.010200, -90.254800. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 63.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Orleans, LA (362,701 people), 19.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.010200, -90.254800
DMS
30°00'36.72"N 90°15'17.28"W
UTM
15N 764792.1E 3323089.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
862F2P6W+33

Daylight in Kenner

At 30.01° N, Kenner gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kenner

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Harahan, 6.0 miles away, with 8,819 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kenner, LA?

64,650 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,640 (2.5%) from 66,290 in July 2020.

What county is Kenner in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Kenner?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 70062, 70065.

How far is Kenner from Baton Rouge?

63.6 miles (102.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Kenner.

What is the nearest larger city to Kenner?

New Orleans, LA, with 362,701 residents, 19.4 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.