Louisiana · Census place 2263680
Rayville, Louisiana
Rayville is a town in Richland Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 3,195 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 85th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,195
- #85 of 155 in Louisiana
- Change since 2020
- -4.3%
- -143 people
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,383 / sq mi
- State median 1,568
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Rayville population, 2020 to 2024
Rayville lost 143 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.3%. In the latest year it moved by -32.
Rayville covers 2.31 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,383 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Rayville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Rayville is in
All of Rayville's residents live in Richland Parish, which had 19,643 residents in 2024. Rayville holds 16.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Rayville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rayville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 71269. 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 Rayville is
The Census internal point of Rayville is at 32.471000, -91.757400. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 143.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Richwood, LA (3,809 people), 18.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 90.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.471000, -91.757400
- DMS
- 32°28'15.60"N 91°45'26.64"W
- UTM
- 15N 616770.2E 3593324.3N
- Geohash
- 9vyb8p0m3
- Plus code
- 864CF6CV+C2
Daylight in Rayville
At 32.47° N, Rayville gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Rayville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Delhi, 15.6 miles away, with 2,534 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Rayville, LA?
3,195 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 143 (4.3%) from 3,338 in July 2020.
What county is Rayville in?
Richland Parish. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Rayville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71269.
How far is Rayville from Baton Rouge?
143.2 miles (230.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Rayville.
What is the nearest larger city to Rayville?
Richwood, LA, with 3,809 residents, 18.7 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.