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Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 60 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22025

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

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Population
8,223
-623 (-7.0%) since 2020
Land area
709.3
square miles. A further 4.1% of the total area is water
Population density
11.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Harrisonburg
Seat of county government.
Established
1808
217 years ago
Largest city
Jonesville town
Population 1,531.

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 Catahoula 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 Catahoula 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 481 by 800 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 Catahoula 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
Population8,22360th of 642,558th of 3,144
Land area709.3 sq mi26th of 641,296th of 3,144
Population density11.6 per sq mi62nd of 642,510th of 3,144
Median household income$50,27539th of 642,758th of 3,143

Full data for Catahoula Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,223Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,846Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,906Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area709.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area30.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area739.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?11.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,275American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$101,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,201American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,470American 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
-73
62 births, 135 deaths
Net migration
-69
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 6 areas bordering Catahoula 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
Concordia ParishLouisiana86 mi17,836
Franklin ParishLouisiana42 mi19,002
LaSalle ParishLouisiana42 mi15,154
Avoyelles ParishLouisiana35 mi37,941
Tensas ParishLouisiana10 mi3,700
Caldwell ParishLouisiana9.9 mi9,344

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.