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Madison Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 59 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22065

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

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Population
8,844
-1,085 (-10.9%) since 2020
Land area
623.9
square miles. A further 4.1% of the total area is water
Population density
14.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tallulah
Seat of county government.
Established
1838
187 years ago
Largest city
Tallulah city
Population 5,517.

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 Madison 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 Madison 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 634 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 Madison 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
Population8,84459th of 642,503rd of 3,144
Land area623.9 sq mi36th of 641,546th of 3,144
Population density14.2 per sq mi61st of 642,420th of 3,144
Median household income$35,45661st of 643,113th of 3,143

Full data for Madison Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,844Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,929Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,018Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area623.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area26.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area650.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?14.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$35,456American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$96,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,053American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,379American 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
-47
83 births, 130 deaths
Net migration
-181
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 Madison 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
Warren CountyMississippi89 mi41,759
Franklin ParishLouisiana35 mi19,002
Tensas ParishLouisiana29 mi3,700
East Carroll ParishLouisiana24 mi6,760
Richland ParishLouisiana14 mi19,582

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.