Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Tangipahoa Parish population, land area and income

Tangipahoa Parish had 139,823 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 791.2 square miles of land. It ranks 10th of 64 in Louisiana by population and 21st by land area. That works out to 176.7 people per square mile, 1.8 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Louisiana has 31,591 residents, so Tangipahoa Parish is 4.4 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $55,432 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Tangipahoa Parish's population changed since 2020

Tangipahoa Parish gained 6,181 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 4.6%. That ranks 5th 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, Tangipahoa Parish recorded 8,170 births and 6,834 deaths, a natural change of +1,336. Net international migration added +507 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +4,803. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 4,803 people.

Where Tangipahoa Parish is

The Census internal point of Tangipahoa Parish is at 30.621300, -90.406500. 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 Tangipahoa Parish outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Tangipahoa Parish

5 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Tangipahoa Parish, 39,095 people together, or 28% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Tangipahoa Parish; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Hammond with 23,426.

Counties bordering Tangipahoa Parish

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Tangipahoa Parish, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is St. Tammany Parish, LA, with 277,615 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• St. Tammany Parish

  277,615 people

  31 mi ESE

• Livingston Parish

  152,886 people

  23 mi WSW

• Washington Parish

  45,090 people

  27 mi NE

• St. John the Baptist Parish

  39,694 people

  33 mi S

• MS

  Pike County, MS

  38,980 people

  38 mi N

• MS

  Amite County, MS

  12,451 people

  46 mi NNW

• St. Helena Parish

  10,857 people

  23 mi NW

Distance to Baton Rouge and the nearest big city

Baton Rouge is 47.8 miles WSW of Tangipahoa Parish's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA (population 220,907), 45.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Hammond, LA (population 23,426), 8.5 miles away.

Tangipahoa Parish FIPS code

The FIPS code of Tangipahoa Parish is 22105: state code 22 for Louisiana plus parish code 105. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $55,432.