Port Barre, Louisiana

Port Barre population, 2020 to 2024

Port Barre lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

Port Barre covers 1.08 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,611 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Port Barre is close to the typical town.

What county Port Barre is in

All of Port Barre's residents live in St. Landry Parish, which had 80,869 residents in 2024. Port Barre holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Port Barre

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Port Barre by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70577. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Port Barre is

The Census internal point of Port Barre is at 30.555500, -91.956000. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 46.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Opelousas, LA (15,176 people), 7.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 24.5 miles away.

Daylight in Port Barre

At 30.56° N, Port Barre gets about 14 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Port Barre

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Opelousas, 7.8 miles away, with 15,176 people.