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West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 58 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22123

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

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Population
9,156
-538 (-5.5%) since 2020
Land area
359.7
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
25.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Oak Grove
Seat of county government.
Established
1877
148 years ago
Largest city
Oak Grove town
Population 1,350.

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 West Carroll 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 West Carroll 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 620 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 West Carroll 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
Population9,15658th of 642,474th of 3,144
Land area359.7 sq mi55th of 642,655th of 3,144
Population density25.5 per sq mi51st of 642,052nd of 3,144
Median household income$49,13441st of 642,822nd of 3,143

Full data for West Carroll Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population9,156Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,694Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,754Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area359.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.92 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area360.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?25.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,134American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$94,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,850American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,715American 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
-70
119 births, 189 deaths
Net migration
-30
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 4 areas bordering West Carroll 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
East Carroll ParishLouisiana45 mi6,760
Morehouse ParishLouisiana36 mi23,705
Richland ParishLouisiana17 mi19,582
Chicot CountyArkansas9.9 mi9,107

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.