Simmesport, Louisiana

Simmesport population, 2020 to 2024

Simmesport lost 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.5%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

Simmesport covers 2.17 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 650 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Simmesport is less dense than the typical town.

What county Simmesport is in

All of Simmesport's residents live in Avoyelles Parish, which had 38,373 residents in 2024. Simmesport holds 3.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Simmesport

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Simmesport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 71369. 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 Simmesport is

The Census internal point of Simmesport is at 30.981100, -91.814300. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 52.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cottonport, LA (1,951 people), 14.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 55.1 miles away.

Daylight in Simmesport

At 30.98° N, Simmesport gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Simmesport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Cottonport, 14.0 miles away, with 1,951 people.