Leesville, Louisiana

Leesville population, 2020 to 2024

Leesville lost 321 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.7%. In the latest year it moved by -62. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 55th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Leesville is 46% of it.

Leesville covers 8.91 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 599 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Leesville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Leesville is in

All of Leesville's residents live in Vernon Parish, which had 45,819 residents in 2024. Leesville holds 11.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Leesville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Leesville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71446. 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 Leesville is

The Census internal point of Leesville is at 31.141100, -93.284200. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 133.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is DeRidder, LA (9,508 people), 20.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Beaumont, TX, 89.2 miles away.

Daylight in Leesville

At 31.14° N, Leesville gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Leesville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is New Llano, 2.6 miles away, with 2,064 people.