Demographics of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana had 37,941 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −1,704 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.

Avoyelles Parish, in four figures

37,941
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −4.3%
Change since July 2020: −1,704 people.; 39.0 ±1.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $39,325 ±$4,623
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.

Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 4.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Avoyelles 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

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Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 4.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Avoyelles 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	39,645	100.0	100.0
2021	39,282	99.1	100.2
2022	38,772	97.8	100.7
2023	38,551	97.2	101.6
2024	38,333	96.7	102.5
2025	37,941	95.7	103.1

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Population of Avoyelles 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	39,645	−44	−10	0	−39
2021	39,282	−363	−140	+2	−249
2022	38,772	−510	−162	+33	−373
2023	38,551	−221	−32	+24	−211
2024	38,333	−218	−106	+46	−156
2025	37,941	−392	−118	+35	−304

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 39.0 ±1.2: for men 37.1 ±0.6 and for women 41.0 ±0.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Avoyelles Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under 5	2,546 ±101	6.5% ±0.3	6.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	6,756 ±382	17.4% ±1.0	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	3,199 ±370	8.2% ±1.0	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	10,082 ±506	25.9% ±1.3	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	9,416 ±502	24.2% ±1.3	24.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,906 ±472	17.8% ±1.2	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $39,325 ±$4,623, and income per person $25,028 ±$2,040, in 2024 dollars. The median is $60,756 ±$408 in Louisiana and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Avoyelles Parish by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under $25,000	4,706 ±526	32.6% ±3.5	22.4% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,670 ±495	25.4% ±3.3	20.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,876 ±335	13.0% ±2.3	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,496 ±329	10.4% ±2.3	11.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,757 ±311	12.2% ±2.1	14.8% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	483 ±191	3.3% ±1.3	7.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	453 ±179	3.1% ±1.2	7.8% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

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).

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Poverty rate in Avoyelles Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Louisiana	United States
All ages	10,095 ±1,139	27.8% ±3.1	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	3,536 ±482	38.4% ±4.3	25.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	4,692 ±742	25.8% ±3.8	17.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,867 ±312	21.0% ±3.2	15.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Avoyelles Parish, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Avoyelles Parish	Louisiana	United States
Housing units	18,381 ±34	2,108,902 ±333	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	78.6% ±2.3	85.6% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	21.4% ±2.3	14.4% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	70.1% ±2.3	67.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	29.9% ±3.0	32.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$122,400 ±$10,655	$216,500 ±$1,367	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$757 ±$53	$1,064 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1980 ±2	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

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People in Avoyelles Parish by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,562 ±0	4.0% ±<0.1	7.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	24,401 ±226	62.7% ±0.6	55.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	10,646 ±370	27.4% ±1.0	30.5% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	253 ±52	0.7% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	104 to 318	0.3% to 0.8%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 30	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 54	0% to 0.1%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,806 ±497	4.6% ±1.3	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).

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People in Avoyelles Parish by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Born in the state	35,115 ±512	90.3% ±1.3	77.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,206 ±448	8.2% ±1.2	17.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	2 to 98	< 0.1% to 0.3%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	534 ±240	1.4% ±0.6	4.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	99 to 313	0.3% to 0.8%	2.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	86 to 570	0.2% to 1.5%	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%.

Avoyelles Parish among the counties of Louisiana

28th of 64 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Louisiana page.

Counties of Louisiana near Avoyelles Parish in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
St. Mary Parish	46,552	−5.3%
St. Bernard Parish	45,642	+4.1%
Vernon Parish	45,091	−7.3%
Washington Parish	44,937	−0.9%
St. John the Baptist Parish	39,875	−5.9%
Avoyelles Parish	37,941	−4.3%
Beauregard Parish	36,673	+0.2%
Natchitoches Parish	36,089	−3.5%
Webster Parish	34,948	−5.2%
Evangeline Parish	31,980	−1.0%
Jefferson Davis Parish	31,471	−2.4%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Counties in Louisiana by poverty rate
No. 15 Counties in Louisiana by median age
No. 16 Counties by poverty rate
No. 27 Counties in Louisiana by homeownership rate
No. 28 Counties by population in Louisiana
No. 29 Counties in Louisiana by median rent

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