Louisiana · Census place 2246720
Lutcher, Louisiana
Lutcher is a town in St. James Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 2,883 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 94th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,883
- #94 of 155 in Louisiana
- Change since 2020
- -7.7%
- -240 people
- Land area
- 3.4 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 855 / sq mi
- State median 1,568
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Lutcher population, 2020 to 2024
Lutcher lost 240 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -7.7%. In the latest year it moved by -36.
Lutcher covers 3.37 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 855 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Lutcher is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lutcher is in
All of Lutcher's residents live in St. James Parish, which had 19,110 residents in 2024. Lutcher 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 Lutcher
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lutcher by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70071, 70763. 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 Lutcher is
The Census internal point of Lutcher is at 30.063100, -90.711700. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 39.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gonzales, LA (13,837 people), 16.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 36.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.063100, -90.711700
- DMS
- 30°03'47.16"N 90°42'42.12"W
- UTM
- 15N 720590.9E 3327984.8N
- Geohash
- 9vr7pbcf2
- Plus code
- 862F377Q+68
Daylight in Lutcher
At 30.06° N, Lutcher 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 Lutcher
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Gramercy, 1.1 miles away, with 2,719 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lutcher, LA?
2,883 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 240 (7.7%) from 3,123 in July 2020.
What county is Lutcher in?
St. James Parish. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lutcher?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 70071, 70763.
How far is Lutcher from Baton Rouge?
39.3 miles (63.3 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Lutcher.
What is the nearest larger city to Lutcher?
Gonzales, LA, with 13,837 residents, 16.3 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.