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Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 22 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22061

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

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Population
48,360
+59 (+0.1%) since 2020
Land area
471.6
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
103
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ruston
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Ruston city
Population 22,397.

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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 645 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 Lincoln 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
Population48,36022nd of 641,032nd of 3,144
Land area471.6 sq mi47th of 642,185th of 3,144
Population density103 per sq mi18th of 64884th of 3,144
Median household income$39,17259th of 643,084th of 3,143

Full data for Lincoln Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population48,360Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202048,301Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?48,396Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area471.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.73 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area472.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?103 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$39,172American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$210,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age28.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households18,487American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,827American 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
+5
508 births, 503 deaths
Net migration
+118
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 Lincoln 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
Union ParishLouisiana32 mi20,561
Claiborne ParishLouisiana25 mi13,354
Jackson ParishLouisiana24 mi15,834
Bienville ParishLouisiana15 mi12,269
Ouachita ParishLouisiana6.0 mi158,542

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.