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Richland Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 44 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22083

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

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Population
19,582
-447 (-2.2%) since 2020
Land area
555.6
square miles. A further 1.6% of the total area is water
Population density
35.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Rayville
Seat of county government.
Established
1868
157 years ago
Largest city
Rayville town
Population 3,176.

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 Richland 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 Richland 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 791 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 Richland 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
Population19,58244th of 641,855th of 3,144
Land area555.6 sq mi44th of 641,867th of 3,144
Population density35.2 per sq mi37th of 641,790th of 3,144
Median household income$53,54434th of 642,559th of 3,143

Full data for Richland Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,582Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202020,029Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?20,043Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area555.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area564.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?35.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,544American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$141,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,240American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,734American 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
-19
264 births, 283 deaths
Net migration
-65
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 7 areas bordering Richland 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
Franklin ParishLouisiana51 mi19,002
Morehouse ParishLouisiana30 mi23,705
Caldwell ParishLouisiana29 mi9,344
Ouachita ParishLouisiana20 mi158,542
West Carroll ParishLouisiana17 mi9,156
Madison ParishLouisiana14 mi8,844
East Carroll ParishLouisiana4.6 mi6,760

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.