Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Avoyelles Parish population, land area and income

Avoyelles Parish had 38,373 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 831.4 square miles of land. It ranks 28th of 64 in Louisiana by population and 18th by land area. That works out to 46.2 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Louisiana has 31,591 residents; Avoyelles Parish is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $44,650 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Avoyelles Parish's population changed since 2020

Avoyelles Parish lost 1,267 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 3.2%. That ranks 38th of 64 in Louisiana for growth. The median Louisiana county changed by -2.3%, and the state as a whole by -1.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Avoyelles Parish recorded 2,040 births and 2,437 deaths, a natural change of -397. Net international migration added +128 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -1,065. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 1,065 people.

Where Avoyelles Parish is

The Census internal point of Avoyelles Parish is at 31.088500, -91.983300. It sits in UTM zone 15N. The map shades Louisiana's 64 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Avoyelles Parish outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Avoyelles Parish

5 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Avoyelles Parish, 12,619 people together, or 33% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Avoyelles Parish; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Marksville with 4,805.

Counties bordering Avoyelles Parish

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Avoyelles Parish. The most populous is Rapides Parish, LA, with 125,899 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Rapides Parish

  125,899 people

  33 mi WNW

• St. Landry Parish

  80,869 people

  35 mi S

• Evangeline Parish

  31,745 people

  36 mi SW

• Pointe Coupee Parish

  19,845 people

  35 mi SE

• Concordia Parish

  17,797 people

  34 mi NE

• West Feliciana Parish

  15,155 people

  36 mi ESE

• LaSalle Parish

  14,702 people

  42 mi NNW

• Catahoula Parish

  8,280 people

  41 mi NNE

Distance to Baton Rouge and the nearest big city

Baton Rouge is 64.3 miles SE of Avoyelles Parish's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA (population 122,280), 61.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Pineville, LA (population 13,966), 30.7 miles away.

Avoyelles Parish FIPS code

The FIPS code of Avoyelles Parish is 22009: state code 22 for Louisiana plus parish code 009. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $44,650.