Demographics of Allen Parish, Louisiana

Allen Parish, Louisiana had 22,672 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Allen Parish, in four figures

22,672
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; < +0.1%
Change since July 2020: +1 people.; 37.4 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $46,469 ±$4,198
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Allen Parish, Louisiana's population grew < 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Allen Parish, Louisiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

About this chart

The figures

Allen Parish, Louisiana's population grew < 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Allen Parish, Louisiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	22,671	100.0	100.0
2021	22,588	99.6	100.2
2022	22,425	98.9	100.7
2023	22,522	99.3	101.6
2024	22,734	100.3	102.5
2025	22,672	100.0	103.1

3 more columns on a wider screen

Population of Allen Parish, Louisiana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	22,671	−63	−27	0	−40
2021	22,588	−83	−96	+15	−22
2022	22,425	−163	−91	+128	−194
2023	22,522	+97	+31	+184	−114
2024	22,734	+212	−1	+171	+44
2025	22,672	−62	−19	+93	−134

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 37.4 ±0.8: for men 37.8 ±1.1 and for women 37.2 ±1.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

2 more columns on a wider screen

People in Allen Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under 5	1,354 ±25	6.0% ±0.1	6.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,852 ±360	17.1% ±1.6	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,644 ±355	7.3% ±1.6	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,619 ±376	29.4% ±1.7	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,697 ±327	25.3% ±1.5	24.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,311 ±298	14.7% ±1.3	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $46,469 ±$4,198, and income per person $23,398 ±$1,721, in 2024 dollars. The median is $60,756 ±$408 in Louisiana and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

2 more columns on a wider screen

Households in Allen Parish by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under $25,000	2,238 ±395	28.5% ±4.9	22.4% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,938 ±347	24.7% ±4.3	20.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,252 ±245	15.9% ±3.1	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	870 ±233	11.1% ±2.9	11.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	837 ±260	10.7% ±3.3	14.8% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	586 ±182	7.5% ±2.3	7.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	53 to 213	0.7% to 2.7%	7.8% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

2 more columns on a wider screen

Poverty rate in Allen Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Louisiana	United States
All ages	4,389 ±639	23.1% ±3.4	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,573 ±285	30.9% ±4.9	25.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,193 ±451	21.7% ±4.3	17.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	623 ±217	16.3% ±5.5	15.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

1 more column on a wider screen

Housing in Allen Parish, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Allen Parish	Louisiana	United States
Housing units	9,587 ±34	2,108,902 ±333	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	81.9% ±3.2	85.6% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	18.1% ±3.2	14.4% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	74.0% ±3.5	67.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	26.0% ±3.7	32.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$104,500 ±$17,150	$216,500 ±$1,367	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$775 ±$82	$1,064 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1983 ±3	1983 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

2 more columns on a wider screen

People in Allen Parish by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,353 ±169	6.0% ±0.8	7.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	14,425 ±630	64.2% ±2.8	55.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	4,653 ±385	20.7% ±1.7	30.5% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	163 ±27	0.7% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	246 ±79	1.1% ±0.4	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 26	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 125	0% to 0.6%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,580 ±683	7.0% ±3.0	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

2 more columns on a wider screen

People in Allen Parish by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Born in the state	18,280 ±423	81.3% ±1.9	77.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,753 ±390	12.2% ±1.7	17.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	47 to 157	0.2% to 0.7%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,342 ±219	6.0% ±1.0	4.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	67 to 199	0.3% to 0.9%	2.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,209 ±199	5.4% ±0.9	2.9% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Allen Parish among the counties of Louisiana

38th of 64 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Louisiana page.

Counties of Louisiana near Allen Parish in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Jefferson Davis Parish	31,471	−2.4%
Iberville Parish	29,579	−1.6%
West Baton Rouge Parish	28,756	+5.5%
De Soto Parish	27,381	+2.0%
Morehouse Parish	23,705	−6.9%
Allen Parish	22,672	< +0.1%
Plaquemines Parish	22,256	−5.3%
Grant Parish	22,075	−0.3%
Sabine Parish	21,834	−1.2%
Union Parish	20,561	−2.5%
Assumption Parish	19,720	−5.9%

Elsewhere on the site

Rankings this appears in

No. 17 Counties by population growth in Louisiana
No. 38 Counties by population in Louisiana

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026