West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

West Carroll Parish population, land area and income

West Carroll Parish had 9,254 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 359.7 square miles of land. It ranks 58th of 64 in Louisiana by population and 55th by land area. That works out to 25.7 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 West Carroll Parish has 29% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $47,030 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How West Carroll Parish's population changed since 2020

West Carroll Parish lost 439 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 4.5%. That ranks 48th 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, West Carroll Parish recorded 446 births and 710 deaths, a natural change of -264. Net international migration added +4 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -242. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 264 people.

Where West Carroll Parish is

The Census internal point of West Carroll Parish is at 32.792500, -91.452000. 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 West Carroll Parish outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in West Carroll Parish

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in West Carroll Parish, 1,350 people together, or 15% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside West Carroll Parish; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Oak Grove with 1,350.

Counties bordering West Carroll Parish

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for West Carroll Parish, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Morehouse Parish, LA, with 23,787 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Morehouse Parish

  23,787 people

  20 mi W

• Richland Parish

  19,643 people

  31 mi SSW

• AR

  Chicot County, AR

  9,272 people

  34 mi NNE

• East Carroll Parish

  6,892 people

  13 mi ESE

Distance to Baton Rouge and the nearest big city

Baton Rouge is 162.1 miles S of West Carroll Parish's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS (population 141,449), 79.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Monroe, LA (population 46,622), 41.0 miles away.

West Carroll Parish FIPS code

The FIPS code of West Carroll Parish is 22123: state code 22 for Louisiana plus parish code 123. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $47,030.