Louisiana · Census place 2274690

Tallulah, Louisiana

Tallulah is a city in Madison Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 5,677 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 55th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,677
#55 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-9.2%
-573 people
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
2,042 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Tallulah. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Tallulah population, 2020 to 2024

Tallulah lost 573 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -9.2%. In the latest year it moved by -120. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 59th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Tallulah is 49% of it.

6,25020206,15520215,94920225,79720235,6772024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,296. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tallulah covers 2.78 square miles of land, for 2,042 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Tallulah is denser than the typical town.

What county Tallulah is in

All of Tallulah's residents live in Madison Parish, which had 9,093 residents in 2024. Tallulah holds 62.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tallulah

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tallulah by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71282. 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 Tallulah is

The Census internal point of Tallulah is at 32.406700, -91.191700. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 134.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vicksburg, MS (20,032 people), 19.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 57.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.406700, -91.191700
DMS
32°24'24.12"N 91°11'30.12"W
UTM
15N 670057.5E 3586955.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
864CCR45+M8

Daylight in Tallulah

At 32.41° N, Tallulah 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 Tallulah

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Delhi, 17.7 miles away, with 2,534 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tallulah, LA?

5,677 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 573 (9.2%) from 6,250 in July 2020.

What county is Tallulah in?

Madison Parish. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Tallulah?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71282.

How far is Tallulah from Baton Rouge?

134.7 miles (216.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Tallulah.

What is the nearest larger city to Tallulah?

Vicksburg, MS, with 20,032 residents, 19.0 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.