Louisiana · Census place 2261790
Port Allen, Louisiana
Port Allen is a city in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 4,991 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 60th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,991
- #60 of 155 in Louisiana
- Change since 2020
- +1.1%
- +55 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- + 0.49 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,757 / sq mi
- State median 1,568
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Port Allen population, 2020 to 2024
Port Allen added 55 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +75.
Port Allen covers 2.84 square miles of land and 0.49 of water, for 1,757 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Port Allen is denser than the typical town.
What county Port Allen is in
All of Port Allen's residents live in West Baton Rouge Parish, which had 28,425 residents in 2024. Port Allen holds 17.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Port Allen
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Port Allen by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70767. 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 Port Allen is
The Census internal point of Port Allen is at 30.443800, -91.207400. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 1.5 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Baton Rouge, LA (220,907 people), 4.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.443800, -91.207400
- DMS
- 30°26'37.68"N 91°12'26.64"W
- UTM
- 15N 672131.4E 3369328.3N
- Geohash
- 9vrjhw0gc
- Plus code
- 862CCQVV+G2
Daylight in Port Allen
At 30.44° N, Port Allen gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Port Allen
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Brusly, 4.3 miles away, with 2,591 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Port Allen, LA?
4,991 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 55 (1.1%) from 4,936 in July 2020.
What county is Port Allen in?
West Baton Rouge Parish. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Port Allen?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70767.
How far is Port Allen from Baton Rouge?
1.5 miles (2.4 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Port Allen.
What is the nearest larger city to Port Allen?
Baton Rouge, LA, with 220,907 residents, 4.4 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.