Zachary, Louisiana

Zachary population, 2020 to 2024

Zachary added 884 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.5%. In the latest year it moved by +256. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Zachary is 1.7 times that size.

Zachary covers 26.86 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 758 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Zachary is less dense than the typical town.

What county Zachary is in

All of Zachary's residents live in East Baton Rouge Parish, which had 453,022 residents in 2024. Zachary holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Zachary

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Zachary by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70791. 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 Zachary is

The Census internal point of Zachary is at 30.664400, -91.165800. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 14.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Central, LA (30,161 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 15.6 miles away.

Daylight in Zachary

At 30.66° N, Zachary gets about 14 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Zachary

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Baker, 5.6 miles away, with 12,147 people.