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Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 18 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22113

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

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Population
57,671
+712 (+1.3%) since 2020
Land area
1,172
square miles. A further 23.5% of the total area is water
Population density
49.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Abbeville
Seat of county government.
Established
1844
181 years ago
Largest city
Abbeville city
Population 10,861.

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 Vermilion 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 Vermilion 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 747 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 Vermilion 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
Population57,67118th of 64917th of 3,144
Land area1,172 sq mi6th of 64524th of 3,144
Population density49.2 per sq mi30th of 641,488th of 3,144
Median household income$55,70730th of 642,424th of 3,143

Full data for Vermilion Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population57,671Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202056,959Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?57,007Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,172 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area359.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,532 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?49.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,707American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$163,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households21,797American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units26,142American 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
+10
658 births, 648 deaths
Net migration
+54
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 Vermilion 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
Cameron ParishLouisiana43 mi4,718
Iberia ParishLouisiana39 mi66,846
Acadia ParishLouisiana39 mi57,032
Lafayette ParishLouisiana25 mi257,949
Jefferson Davis ParishLouisiana10 mi31,471

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.