Louisiana · Census place 2282495

Winnsboro, Louisiana

Winnsboro is a city in Franklin Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 4,602 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 63rd largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,602
#63 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
-5.0%
-240 people
Land area
4.0 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,151 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Winnsboro. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Winnsboro population, 2020 to 2024

Winnsboro lost 240 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.0%. In the latest year it moved by -59.

4,84220204,79020214,69720224,66120234,6022024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,860. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Winnsboro covers 4.00 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,151 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Winnsboro is less dense than the typical town.

What county Winnsboro is in

All of Winnsboro's residents live in Franklin Parish, which had 19,107 residents in 2024. Winnsboro holds 24.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Winnsboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Winnsboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71295. 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 Winnsboro is

The Census internal point of Winnsboro is at 32.164700, -91.720600. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 122.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monroe, LA (46,622 people), 32.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 88.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.164700, -91.720600
DMS
32°09'52.92"N 91°43'14.16"W
UTM
15N 620634.0E 3559408.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
864C577H+VQ

Daylight in Winnsboro

At 32.16° N, Winnsboro gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Winnsboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Rayville, 21.3 miles away, with 3,195 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Winnsboro, LA?

4,602 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 240 (5.0%) from 4,842 in July 2020.

What county is Winnsboro in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Winnsboro?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71295.

How far is Winnsboro from Baton Rouge?

122.1 miles (196.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Winnsboro.

What is the nearest larger city to Winnsboro?

Monroe, LA, with 46,622 residents, 32.1 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.