Louisiana · Census place 2260495

Pine Prairie, Louisiana

Pine Prairie is a village in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 1,559 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 130th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,559
#130 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-21 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
968 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Pine Prairie. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Pine Prairie population, 2020 to 2024

Pine Prairie lost 21 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,583. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pine Prairie covers 1.61 square miles of land, for 968 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Pine Prairie is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pine Prairie is in

All of Pine Prairie's residents live in Evangeline Parish, which had 31,745 residents in 2024. Pine Prairie holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pine Prairie

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pine Prairie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 70576, 70586. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Pine Prairie is

The Census internal point of Pine Prairie is at 30.782000, -92.422000. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 76.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mamou, LA (2,817 people), 10.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 46.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.782000, -92.422000
DMS
30°46'55.20"N 92°25'19.20"W
UTM
15N 555305.0E 3405585.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
8629QHJH+R5

Daylight in Pine Prairie

At 30.78° N, Pine Prairie gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pine Prairie

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Mamou, 10.2 miles away, with 2,817 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pine Prairie, LA?

1,559 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 21 (1.3%) from 1,580 in July 2020.

What county is Pine Prairie in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pine Prairie?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 70576, 70586.

How far is Pine Prairie from Baton Rouge?

76.8 miles (123.6 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Pine Prairie.

What is the nearest larger city to Pine Prairie?

Mamou, LA, with 2,817 residents, 10.2 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.