Plaquemine, Louisiana

Plaquemine population, 2020 to 2024

Plaquemine lost 238 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -62. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 41st; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Plaquemine is 51% of it.

Plaquemine covers 2.92 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 2,050 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Plaquemine is denser than the typical town.

What county Plaquemine is in

All of Plaquemine's residents live in Iberville Parish, which had 29,766 residents in 2024. Plaquemine holds 20.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Plaquemine

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Plaquemine by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70764. 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 Plaquemine is

The Census internal point of Plaquemine is at 30.283200, -91.243800. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 12.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Addis, LA (7,538 people), 6.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 12.7 miles away.

Daylight in Plaquemine

At 30.28° N, Plaquemine gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Plaquemine

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Addis, 6.1 miles away, with 7,538 people.