Louisiana · Census place 2259340

Patterson, Louisiana

Patterson is a city in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 5,614 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 56th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,614
#56 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-5.0%
-293 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
Density
2,228 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Patterson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Patterson population, 2020 to 2024

Patterson lost 293 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.0%. In the latest year it moved by -45. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 46th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Patterson is 48% of it.

5,90720205,79820215,73620225,65920235,6142024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,938. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Patterson covers 2.52 square miles of land, for 2,228 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Patterson is denser than the typical town.

What county Patterson is in

All of Patterson's residents live in St. Mary Parish, which had 46,799 residents in 2024. Patterson holds 12.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Patterson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Patterson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70392. 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 Patterson is

The Census internal point of Patterson is at 29.690900, -91.309500. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 53.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morgan City, LA (10,813 people), 7.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 52.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.690900, -91.309500
DMS
29°41'27.24"N 91°18'34.20"W
UTM
15N 663559.9E 3285730.8N
Geohash
9vr0fjn6n
Plus code
76XCMMRR+95

Daylight in Patterson

At 29.69° N, Patterson gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Patterson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Berwick, 4.5 miles away, with 4,495 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Patterson, LA?

5,614 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 293 (5.0%) from 5,907 in July 2020.

What county is Patterson in?

St. Mary Parish. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Patterson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70392.

How far is Patterson from Baton Rouge?

53.4 miles (86.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Patterson.

What is the nearest larger city to Patterson?

Morgan City, LA, with 10,813 residents, 7.2 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.