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Franklin Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 46 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22041

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

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Population
19,002
-712 (-3.6%) since 2020
Land area
624.3
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
30.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Winnsboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1843
182 years ago
Largest city
Winnsboro city
Population 4,566.

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 Franklin 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 Franklin 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 632 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 Franklin 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
Population19,00246th of 641,878th of 3,144
Land area624.3 sq mi35th of 641,543rd of 3,144
Population density30.4 per sq mi43rd of 641,918th of 3,144
Median household income$47,02045th of 642,897th of 3,143

Full data for Franklin Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,002Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,714Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,774Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area624.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area635.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?30.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$47,020American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$113,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,525American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,926American 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
-58
218 births, 276 deaths
Net migration
-82
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 5 areas bordering Franklin 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
Richland ParishLouisiana51 mi19,582
Catahoula ParishLouisiana42 mi8,223
Madison ParishLouisiana35 mi8,844
Tensas ParishLouisiana31 mi3,700
Caldwell ParishLouisiana25 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.