Virginia · Census place 5147144
Louisa, Virginia
Louisa is a town in Louisa County, Virginia with an estimated 2,201 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 91st largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,201
- #91 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- +10.4%
- +208 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,209 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Louisa population, 2020 to 2024
Louisa added 208 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.4%. In the latest year it moved by +54.
Louisa covers 1.82 square miles of land, for 1,209 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Louisa is less dense than the typical town.
What county Louisa is in
All of Louisa's residents live in Louisa County, which had 42,109 residents in 2024. Louisa holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Louisa
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Louisa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 23093. 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 Louisa is
The Census internal point of Louisa is at 38.016600, -77.999700. Richmond, the capital, is 45.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Orange, VA (5,210 people), 17.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 44.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.016600, -77.999700
- DMS
- 38°00'59.76"N 77°59'58.92"W
- UTM
- 18N 236664.4E 4211904.6N
- Geohash
- dqb830dqe
- Plus code
- 87C42282+J4
Daylight in Louisa
At 38.02° N, Louisa gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Louisa
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Gordonsville, 13.1 miles away, with 1,509 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Louisa, VA?
2,201 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 208 (10.4%) from 1,993 in July 2020.
What county is Louisa in?
Louisa County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Louisa?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 23093.
How far is Louisa from Richmond?
45.2 miles (72.7 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Louisa.
What is the nearest larger city to Louisa?
Orange, VA, with 5,210 residents, 17.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.