Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Sabine Parish population, land area and income

Sabine Parish had 21,746 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 866.6 square miles of land. It ranks 41st of 64 in Louisiana by population and 15th by land area. That works out to 25.1 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; Sabine Parish is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $53,183 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Sabine Parish's population changed since 2020

Sabine Parish lost 362 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.6%. That ranks 25th 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, Sabine Parish recorded 1,069 births and 1,491 deaths, a natural change of -422. Net international migration added +9 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +6. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 422 people.

Where Sabine Parish is

The Census internal point of Sabine Parish is at 31.560400, -93.559600. 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 Sabine Parish outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Sabine Parish

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Sabine Parish, 4,068 people together, or 19% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Sabine Parish; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Many with 2,470.

Counties bordering Sabine Parish

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Sabine Parish, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Vernon Parish, LA, with 45,819 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Vernon Parish

  45,819 people

  38 mi SE

• Natchitoches Parish

  35,982 people

  30 mi ENE

• De Soto Parish

  27,274 people

  36 mi NNW

• TX

  Shelby County, TX

  24,192 people

  38 mi WNW

• TX

  Newton County, TX

  11,908 people

  55 mi SSW

• TX

  Sabine County, TX

  10,058 people

  23 mi SW

Distance to Baton Rouge and the nearest big city

Baton Rouge is 159.8 miles ESE of Sabine Parish's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA (population 176,578), 64.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Natchitoches, LA (population 17,165), 29.6 miles away.

Sabine Parish FIPS code

The FIPS code of Sabine Parish is 22085: state code 22 for Louisiana plus parish code 085. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $53,183.