Lake Arthur, Louisiana

Lake Arthur population, 2020 to 2024

Lake Arthur lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

Lake Arthur covers 1.85 square miles of land and 0.57 of water, for 1,386 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Lake Arthur is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lake Arthur is in

All of Lake Arthur's residents live in Jefferson Davis Parish, which had 31,436 residents in 2024. Lake Arthur holds 8.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake Arthur

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake Arthur by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70549. 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 Lake Arthur is

The Census internal point of Lake Arthur is at 30.080000, -92.677400. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 92.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jennings, LA (9,280 people), 10.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 39.8 miles away.

Daylight in Lake Arthur

At 30.08° N, Lake Arthur 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 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lake Arthur

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Jennings, 10.0 miles away, with 9,280 people.