Concordia Parish, Louisiana

Concordia Parish population, land area and income

Concordia Parish had 17,797 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 695.7 square miles of land. It ranks 49th of 64 in Louisiana by population and 27th by land area. That works out to 25.6 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

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

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $43,136 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Concordia Parish's population changed since 2020

Concordia Parish lost 773 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 4.2%. That ranks 45th 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, Concordia Parish recorded 796 births and 1,173 deaths, a natural change of -377. Net international migration added +438 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -955. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 955 people.

Where Concordia Parish is

The Census internal point of Concordia Parish is at 31.469800, -91.626300. 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 Concordia Parish outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Concordia Parish

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Concordia Parish, 6,883 people together, or 39% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Concordia Parish; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Vidalia with 3,888.

Counties bordering Concordia Parish

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Concordia Parish, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Avoyelles Parish, LA, with 38,373 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Avoyelles Parish

  38,373 people

  34 mi SW

• MS

  Adams County, MS

  28,674 people

  16 mi E

• Pointe Coupee Parish

  19,845 people

  53 mi S

• West Feliciana Parish

  15,155 people

  43 mi SSE

• Catahoula Parish

  8,280 people

  19 mi NW

• MS

  Wilkinson County, MS

  7,820 people

  28 mi SE

• Tensas Parish

  3,844 people

  40 mi NNE

Distance to Baton Rouge and the nearest big city

Baton Rouge is 74.7 miles SSE of Concordia Parish's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA (population 220,907), 76.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Natchez, MS (population 14,233), 15.0 miles away.

Concordia Parish FIPS code

The FIPS code of Concordia Parish is 22029: state code 22 for Louisiana plus parish code 029. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $43,136.