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Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 7 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22019

Within Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Lake Charles, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
208,466
-8,008 (-3.7%) since 2020
Land area
1,064
square miles. A further 2.7% of the total area is water
Population density
196
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lake Charles
Seat of county government.
Established
1840
185 years ago
Largest city
Lake Charles city
Population 82,676.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Calcasieu Parish with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 511 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Calcasieu Parish ranks

Position among the 64 parishes of Louisiana, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn LouisianaNationally
Population208,4667th of 64350th of 3,144
Land area1,064 sq mi9th of 64609th of 3,144
Population density196 per sq mi10th of 64573rd of 3,144
Median household income$67,56412th of 641,379th of 3,143

Full data for Calcasieu Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population208,466Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020216,474Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?216,778Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,064 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area30.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,094 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?196 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,564American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$217,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households77,957American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units95,523American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+320
2,328 births, 2,008 deaths
Net migration
+1,110
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Calcasieu Parish

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Beauregard ParishLouisiana49 mi36,673
Jefferson Davis ParishLouisiana48 mi31,471
Cameron ParishLouisiana44 mi4,718
Orange CountyTexas29 mi86,266
Newton CountyTexas25 mi11,954

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 64 parishes of Louisiana

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.