Louisiana · Census place 2239545
Kentwood, Louisiana
Kentwood is a town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 2,195 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 109th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,195
- #109 of 155 in Louisiana
- Change since 2020
- +1.9%
- +40 people
- Land area
- 7.1 sq mi
- Density
- 309 / sq mi
- State median 1,568
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Kentwood population, 2020 to 2024
Kentwood added 40 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +16.
Kentwood covers 7.11 square miles of land, for 309 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Kentwood is less dense than the typical town.
What county Kentwood is in
All of Kentwood's residents live in Tangipahoa Parish, which had 139,823 residents in 2024. Kentwood holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Kentwood
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kentwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70444. 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 Kentwood is
The Census internal point of Kentwood is at 30.933800, -90.515200. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 51.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Amite City, LA (4,086 people), 13.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 50.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.933800, -90.515200
- DMS
- 30°56'1.68"N 90°30'54.72"W
- UTM
- 15N 737413.1E 3424912.7N
- Geohash
- 9vrxur2f6
- Plus code
- 862FWFMM+GW
Daylight in Kentwood
At 30.93° N, Kentwood gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Kentwood
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Amite City, 13.9 miles away, with 4,086 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Kentwood, LA?
2,195 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 40 (1.9%) from 2,155 in July 2020.
What county is Kentwood in?
Tangipahoa Parish. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Kentwood?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70444.
How far is Kentwood from Baton Rouge?
51.8 miles (83.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Kentwood.
What is the nearest larger city to Kentwood?
Amite City, LA, with 4,086 residents, 13.9 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.