East Carroll Parish, Louisiana

East Carroll Parish population, land area and income

East Carroll Parish had 6,892 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 420.9 square miles of land. It ranks 62nd of 64 in Louisiana by population and 50th by land area. That works out to 16.4 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, so East Carroll Parish has 22% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $34,604 is the 8th lowest among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How East Carroll Parish's population changed since 2020

East Carroll Parish lost 502 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 6.8%. That ranks 62nd 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, East Carroll Parish recorded 273 births and 400 deaths, a natural change of -127. Net international migration added -1 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -437. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 437 people.

Where East Carroll Parish is

The Census internal point of East Carroll Parish is at 32.730200, -91.234100. 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 East Carroll Parish outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in East Carroll Parish

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in East Carroll Parish, 3,231 people together, or 47% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside East Carroll Parish; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Lake Providence with 3,231.

Counties bordering East Carroll Parish

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for East Carroll Parish, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Warren County, MS, with 42,105 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• MS

  Warren County, MS

  42,105 people

  34 mi SE

• Richland Parish

  19,643 people

  37 mi SW

• AR

  Chicot County, AR

  9,272 people

  37 mi N

• West Carroll Parish

  9,254 people

  13 mi WNW

• Madison Parish

  9,093 people

  26 mi S

• MS

  Issaquena County, MS

  1,295 people

  14 mi E

Distance to Baton Rouge and the nearest big city

Baton Rouge is 157.1 miles S of East Carroll Parish's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS (population 141,449), 66.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Vicksburg, MS (population 20,032), 34.9 miles away.

East Carroll Parish FIPS code

The FIPS code of East Carroll Parish is 22035: state code 22 for Louisiana plus parish code 035. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $34,604.