Tensas Parish, Louisiana

Tensas Parish population, land area and income

Tensas Parish had 3,844 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 603.3 square miles of land. It ranks 64th of 64 in Louisiana by population and 39th by land area. That works out to 6.4 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Louisiana has 31,591 residents, so Tensas Parish has 12% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $35,670 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Tensas Parish's population changed since 2020

Tensas Parish lost 264 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 6.4%. That ranks 60th 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, Tensas Parish recorded 144 births and 271 deaths, a natural change of -127. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -181. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 181 people.

Where Tensas Parish is

The Census internal point of Tensas Parish is at 32.001500, -91.342600. 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 Tensas Parish outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Tensas Parish

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Tensas Parish. Its 3,844 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Tensas Parish

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Tensas Parish, including 4 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

  38 mi NE

• MS

  Adams County, MS

  28,674 people

  36 mi S

• Franklin Parish

  19,107 people

  22 mi WNW

• Concordia Parish

  17,797 people

  40 mi SSW

• Madison Parish

  9,093 people

  25 mi NNE

• Catahoula Parish

  8,280 people

  38 mi SW

• MS

  Claiborne County, MS

  8,122 people

  25 mi E

• MS

  Jefferson County, MS

  6,900 people

  25 mi SE

Distance to Baton Rouge and the nearest big city

Baton Rouge is 107.1 miles S of Tensas Parish's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS (population 141,449), 69.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Natchez, MS (population 14,233), 31.8 miles away.

Tensas Parish FIPS code

The FIPS code of Tensas Parish is 22107: state code 22 for Louisiana plus parish code 107. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $35,670.