Demographics of Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

Evangeline Parish, Louisiana had 31,980 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −321 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.

Evangeline Parish, in four figures

31,980
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −1.0%
Change since July 2020: −321 people.; 38.2 ±0.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $41,915 ±$4,677
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.

Evangeline Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 1.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Evangeline 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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Evangeline Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 1.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Evangeline 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	32,301	100.0	100.0
2021	32,241	99.8	100.2
2022	32,291	100.0	100.7
2023	32,264	99.9	101.6
2024	32,014	99.1	102.5
2025	31,980	99.0	103.1

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Population of Evangeline 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	32,301	−41	+4	0	−50
2021	32,241	−60	−38	+43	−84
2022	32,291	+50	−47	+333	−229
2023	32,264	−27	−28	+405	−406
2024	32,014	−250	−42	+289	−498
2025	31,980	−34	−62	+159	−130

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 38.2 ±0.5: for men 36.9 ±0.9 and for women 39.3 ±1.0. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Evangeline Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under 5	2,117 ±221	6.6% ±0.7	6.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	6,134 ±483	19.1% ±1.5	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	3,085 ±397	9.6% ±1.2	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	7,902 ±419	24.6% ±1.3	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	7,680 ±434	24.0% ±1.4	24.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,142 ±422	16.0% ±1.3	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $41,915 ±$4,677, and income per person $25,351 ±$1,339, 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 Evangeline Parish by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under $25,000	4,264 ±533	33.9% ±4.2	22.4% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,976 ±435	23.7% ±3.4	20.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,770 ±340	14.1% ±2.7	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,073 ±233	8.5% ±1.8	11.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,429 ±274	11.4% ±2.2	14.8% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	607 ±174	4.8% ±1.4	7.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	442 ±151	3.5% ±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 Evangeline Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Louisiana	United States
All ages	7,451 ±912	24.3% ±3.0	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,614 ±489	32.3% ±5.3	25.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	3,586 ±412	22.5% ±2.4	17.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,251 ±271	18.8% ±3.9	15.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Evangeline Parish, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Evangeline Parish	Louisiana	United States
Housing units	14,577 ±39	2,108,902 ±333	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	86.2% ±2.1	85.6% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	13.8% ±2.1	14.4% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	66.2% ±2.7	67.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	33.8% ±3.2	32.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$124,600 ±$15,781	$216,500 ±$1,367	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$681 ±$34	$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 Evangeline Parish by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,586 ±0	4.9% ±<0.1	7.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	20,685 ±366	64.5% ±1.1	55.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	8,168 ±316	25.5% ±1.0	30.5% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	62 to 188	0.2% to 0.6%	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	6 to 80	< 0.1% to 0.2%	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 705	0% to 2.2%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,112 ±317	3.5% ±1.0	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).

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People in Evangeline Parish by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Born in the state	28,997 ±475	90.4% ±1.5	77.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,136 ±471	6.7% ±1.5	17.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 44	0% to 0.1%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	905 ±107	2.8% ±0.3	4.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	7 to 81	< 0.1% to 0.3%	2.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	861 ±104	2.7% ±0.3	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%.

Evangeline Parish among the counties of Louisiana

32nd of 64 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Louisiana page.

Counties of Louisiana near Evangeline Parish in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
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%
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%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 24 Counties by population growth in Louisiana
No. 32 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