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Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 30 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22069

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

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Population
36,089
-1,311 (-3.5%) since 2020
Land area
1,253
square miles. A further 3.6% of the total area is water
Population density
28.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Natchitoches
Seat of county government.
Established
1805
220 years ago
Largest city
Natchitoches city
Population 17,146.

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 Natchitoches 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 Natchitoches 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 635 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 Natchitoches 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
Population36,08930th of 641,298th of 3,144
Land area1,253 sq mi4th of 64486th of 3,144
Population density28.8 per sq mi46th of 641,960th of 3,144
Median household income$46,29247th of 642,921st of 3,143

Full data for Natchitoches Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population36,089Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202037,400Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?37,520Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,253 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area46.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,300 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?28.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$46,292American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$171,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households14,508American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,746American 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
-16
412 births, 428 deaths
Net migration
-81
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 8 areas bordering Natchitoches 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
Winn ParishLouisiana52 mi14,961
Sabine ParishLouisiana45 mi21,834
Red River ParishLouisiana44 mi7,165
Rapides ParishLouisiana26 mi125,877
Grant ParishLouisiana25 mi22,075
Vernon ParishLouisiana16 mi45,091
Bienville ParishLouisiana15 mi12,269
De Soto ParishLouisiana14 mi27,381

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.