Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Caddo Parish population, land area and income

Caddo Parish had 224,893 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 879.5 square miles of land. It ranks 6th of 64 in Louisiana by population and 12th by land area. That works out to 255.7 people per square mile, 2.7 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Louisiana has 31,591 residents, so Caddo Parish is 7.1 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $50,773 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Caddo Parish's population changed since 2020

Caddo Parish lost 12,019 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 5.1%. That ranks 55th 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, Caddo Parish recorded 11,777 births and 13,897 deaths, a natural change of -2,120. Net international migration added +904 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -11,672. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 11,672 people.

Where Caddo Parish is

The Census internal point of Caddo Parish is at 32.580100, -93.885000. 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 Caddo Parish outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Caddo Parish

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Caddo Parish, 183,115 people together, or 81% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Caddo Parish; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Shreveport with 173,731.

Counties bordering Caddo Parish

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Caddo Parish, including 5 across a state line. The most populous is Bossier Parish, LA, with 131,102 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Bossier Parish

  131,102 people

  17 mi ENE

• TX

  Harrison County, TX

  71,370 people

  29 mi W

• AR

  Miller County, AR

  41,958 people

  50 mi N

• TX

  Cass County, TX

  28,622 people

  44 mi NW

• De Soto Parish

  27,274 people

  37 mi SSE

• TX

  Panola County, TX

  23,022 people

  38 mi SW

• TX

  Marion County, TX

  9,704 people

  31 mi WNW

• Red River Parish

  7,238 people

  46 mi SE

Distance to Baton Rouge and the nearest big city

Baton Rouge is 216.3 miles SE of Caddo Parish's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA (population 176,578), 9.5 miles away.

Caddo Parish FIPS code

The FIPS code of Caddo Parish is 22017: state code 22 for Louisiana plus parish code 017. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $50,773.