Minden, Louisiana

Minden population, 2020 to 2024

Minden lost 668 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.6%. In the latest year it moved by -114. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 54th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Minden is 96% of it.

Minden covers 15.04 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 744 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Minden is less dense than the typical town.

What county Minden is in

All of Minden's residents live in Webster Parish, which had 35,184 residents in 2024. Minden holds 31.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Minden

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Minden by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71055. 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 Minden is

The Census internal point of Minden is at 32.619100, -93.272800. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 193.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bossier City, LA (63,218 people), 23.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 32.0 miles away.

Daylight in Minden

At 32.62° N, Minden gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Minden

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Sibley, 5.4 miles away, with 1,077 people.