Rayne, Louisiana

Rayne population, 2020 to 2024

Rayne lost 260 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -43. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Rayne is 60% of it.

Rayne covers 3.82 square miles of land, for 1,828 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Rayne is denser than the typical town.

What county Rayne is in

All of Rayne's residents live in Acadia Parish, which had 56,604 residents in 2024. Rayne holds 12.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rayne

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rayne by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70578. 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 Rayne is

The Census internal point of Rayne is at 30.240500, -92.267300. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 66.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Crowley, LA (11,216 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 14.5 miles away.

Daylight in Rayne

At 30.24° N, Rayne 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 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rayne

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Duson, 4.7 miles away, with 1,341 people.