Thibodaux, Louisiana

Thibodaux population, 2020 to 2024

Thibodaux lost 328 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -55. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 23rd; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Thibodaux is 1.3 times that size.

Thibodaux covers 6.79 square miles of land, for 2,293 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Thibodaux is denser than the typical town.

What county Thibodaux is in

All of Thibodaux's residents live in Lafourche Parish, which had 95,342 residents in 2024. Thibodaux 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 Thibodaux

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Thibodaux by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70301, 70310. 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 Thibodaux is

The Census internal point of Thibodaux is at 29.794900, -90.814600. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 50.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Houma, LA (31,671 people), 16.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 48.5 miles away.

Daylight in Thibodaux

At 29.79° N, Thibodaux gets about 14 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Thibodaux

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Houma, 16.3 miles away, with 31,671 people.