Demographics of Bienville Parish, Louisiana

Bienville Parish, Louisiana had 12,269 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −647 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.

Bienville Parish, in four figures

12,269
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −5.0%
Change since July 2020: −647 people.; 43.9 ±1.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $35,011 ±$3,199
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.

Bienville Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 5.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Bienville 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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Bienville Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 5.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Bienville 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	12,916	100.0	100.0
2021	12,788	99.0	100.2
2022	12,623	97.7	100.7
2023	12,439	96.3	101.6
2024	12,369	95.8	102.5
2025	12,269	95.0	103.1

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Population of Bienville 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	12,916	−69	−24	0	−42
2021	12,788	−128	−116	+6	−24
2022	12,623	−165	−91	+5	−76
2023	12,439	−184	−47	+28	−165
2024	12,369	−70	−52	+6	−25
2025	12,269	−100	−53	+5	−51

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.9 ±1.2: for men 41.2 ±0.8 and for women 46.0 ±0.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Bienville Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under 5	740 ±99	5.9% ±0.8	6.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,120 ±205	16.8% ±1.6	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	959 ±195	7.6% ±1.5	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,732 ±235	21.6% ±1.9	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,393 ±269	26.8% ±2.1	24.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,694 ±249	21.3% ±2.0	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $35,011 ±$3,199, and income per person $26,797 ±$3,595, 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 Bienville Parish by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under $25,000	2,186 ±309	39.3% ±5.3	22.4% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,307 ±255	23.5% ±4.5	20.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	789 ±183	14.2% ±3.2	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	466 ±113	8.4% ±2.0	11.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	476 ±152	8.6% ±2.7	14.8% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	198 ±84	3.6% ±1.5	7.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	134 ±57	2.4% ±1.0	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 Bienville Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Louisiana	United States
All ages	3,603 ±345	29.2% ±2.8	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,487 ±207	52.2% ±5.1	25.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,505 ±242	25.4% ±3.8	17.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	611 ±138	17.2% ±3.7	15.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Bienville Parish, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Bienville Parish	Louisiana	United States
Housing units	6,886 ±22	2,108,902 ±333	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	80.7% ±3.7	85.6% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	19.3% ±3.7	14.4% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	70.2% ±2.2	67.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	29.8% ±3.5	32.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$99,500 ±$8,458	$216,500 ±$1,367	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$606 ±$73	$1,064 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1979 ±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 Bienville Parish by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	288 ±0	2.3% ±<0.1	7.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	6,760 ±76	53.5% ±0.6	55.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	5,098 ±168	40.3% ±1.3	30.5% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 55	0% to 0.4%	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 60	0% to 0.5%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 101	0% to 0.8%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	388 ±176	3.1% ±1.4	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 Bienville Parish by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Born in the state	10,905 ±300	86.3% ±2.4	77.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,590 ±296	12.6% ±2.3	17.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	22 to 178	0.2% to 1.4%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	4 to 82	< 0.1% to 0.6%	4.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	4 to 42	< 0.1% to 0.3%	2.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 54	0% to 0.4%	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%.

Bienville Parish among the counties of Louisiana

55th of 64 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Louisiana page.

Counties of Louisiana near Bienville Parish in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Jackson Parish	15,834	+5.6%
LaSalle Parish	15,154	+2.2%
West Feliciana Parish	15,134	−0.7%
Winn Parish	14,961	+9.0%
Claiborne Parish	13,354	−5.3%
Bienville Parish	12,269	−5.0%
St. Helena Parish	10,758	−1.2%
Caldwell Parish	9,344	−2.8%
West Carroll Parish	9,156	−5.5%
Madison Parish	8,844	−10.9%
Catahoula Parish	8,223	−7.0%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Counties in Louisiana by poverty rate
No. 2 Counties in Louisiana by median age
No. 11 Counties by poverty rate
No. 23 Counties in Louisiana by per capita income
No. 27 Counties in Louisiana by homeownership rate
No. 45 Counties by population growth 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