Demographics of De Soto Parish, Louisiana

De Soto Parish, Louisiana had 27,381 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +541 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.

De Soto Parish, in four figures

27,381
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +2.0%
Change since July 2020: +541 people.; 40.0 ±0.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $48,578 ±$4,867
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.

De Soto Parish, Louisiana's population grew 2.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of De Soto 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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De Soto Parish, Louisiana's population grew 2.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of De Soto 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	26,840	100.0	100.0
2021	26,949	100.4	100.2
2022	26,869	100.1	100.7
2023	27,145	101.1	101.6
2024	27,279	101.6	102.5
2025	27,381	102.0	103.1

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Population of De Soto 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	26,840	+32	−28	0	+56
2021	26,949	+109	−39	0	+129
2022	26,869	−80	−32	0	−30
2023	27,145	+276	+4	+2	+273
2024	27,279	+134	−4	+6	+134
2025	27,381	+102	−13	+3	+113

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.0 ±0.7: for men 38.3 ±1.7 and for women 41.5 ±0.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in De Soto Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under 5	1,570 ±215	5.8% ±0.8	6.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,889 ±320	18.1% ±1.2	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,220 ±282	8.2% ±1.0	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,542 ±377	24.2% ±1.4	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	6,730 ±349	24.9% ±1.3	24.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,075 ±390	18.8% ±1.4	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $48,578 ±$4,867, and income per person $29,808 ±$1,690, 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 De Soto Parish by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under $25,000	2,818 ±418	26.8% ±3.9	22.4% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,550 ±426	24.3% ±4.0	20.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,386 ±265	13.2% ±2.5	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	892 ±207	8.5% ±2.0	11.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,553 ±265	14.8% ±2.5	14.8% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	817 ±202	7.8% ±1.9	7.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	488 ±134	4.6% ±1.3	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 De Soto Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Louisiana	United States
All ages	5,759 ±879	21.5% ±3.3	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,813 ±353	28.4% ±5.0	25.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,441 ±412	18.3% ±3.0	17.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,505 ±355	21.4% ±4.8	15.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in De Soto Parish, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	De Soto Parish	Louisiana	United States
Housing units	12,697 ±27	2,108,902 ±333	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	82.7% ±2.5	85.6% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	17.3% ±2.5	14.4% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	77.2% ±3.4	67.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	22.8% ±3.3	32.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$154,900 ±$15,275	$216,500 ±$1,367	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$687 ±$77	$1,064 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1990 ±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

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People in De Soto Parish by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	863 ±0	3.2% ±<0.1	7.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	15,889 ±149	58.8% ±0.6	55.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	9,308 ±149	34.4% ±0.6	30.5% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	7 to 181	< 0.1% to 0.7%	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	102 ±45	0.4% ±0.2	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 96	0% to 0.4%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	722 ±178	2.7% ±0.7	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 De Soto Parish by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Born in the state	21,543 ±639	79.7% ±2.4	77.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,045 ±618	18.7% ±2.3	17.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	40 to 244	0.1% to 0.9%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	296 ±138	1.1% ±0.5	4.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	12 to 218	< 0.1% to 0.8%	2.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	81 to 281	0.3% to 1.0%	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%.

De Soto Parish among the counties of Louisiana

36th of 64 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Louisiana page.

Counties of Louisiana near De Soto Parish in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Webster Parish	34,948	−5.2%
Evangeline Parish	31,980	−1.0%
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%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 6 Counties in Louisiana by homeownership rate
No. 11 Counties in Louisiana by poverty rate
No. 12 Counties by population growth in Louisiana
No. 12 Counties in Louisiana by median age
No. 19 Counties in Louisiana by per capita income
No. 26 Counties in Louisiana by median home value

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