Louisiana · Census place 2244900

Lockport, Louisiana

Lockport is a town in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 2,351 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 108th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,351
#108 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-5.6%
-139 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
2,081 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Lockport. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Lockport population, 2020 to 2024

Lockport lost 139 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.6%. In the latest year it moved by -16.

2,49020202,46920212,41120222,36720232,3512024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,498. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lockport covers 1.13 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,081 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Lockport is denser than the typical town.

What county Lockport is in

All of Lockport's residents live in Lafourche Parish, which had 95,342 residents in 2024. Lockport holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lockport

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lockport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70374. 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 Lockport is

The Census internal point of Lockport is at 29.644100, -90.531600. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 68.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Houma, LA (31,671 people), 11.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Orleans, LA, 45.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.644100, -90.531600
DMS
29°38'38.76"N 90°31'53.76"W
UTM
15N 738954.4E 3281896.7N
Geohash
9vr8eusck
Plus code
76XFJFV9+J9

Daylight in Lockport

At 29.64° N, Lockport gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lockport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Houma, 11.5 miles away, with 31,671 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lockport, LA?

2,351 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 139 (5.6%) from 2,490 in July 2020.

What county is Lockport in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lockport?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70374.

How far is Lockport from Baton Rouge?

68.5 miles (110.2 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Lockport.

What is the nearest larger city to Lockport?

Houma, LA, with 31,671 residents, 11.5 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.