Demographics of Richland Parish, Louisiana

Richland Parish, Louisiana had 19,582 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −447 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.

Richland Parish, in four figures

19,582
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −2.2%
Change since July 2020: −447 people.; 40.1 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $53,544 ±$3,815
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.

Richland Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 2.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Richland 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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Richland Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 2.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Richland 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	20,029	100.0	100.0
2021	19,866	99.2	100.2
2022	19,819	99.0	100.7
2023	19,721	98.5	101.6
2024	19,666	98.2	102.5
2025	19,582	97.8	103.1

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Population of Richland 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	20,029	−14	+13	0	−29
2021	19,866	−163	−56	+4	−124
2022	19,819	−47	−21	+25	−42
2023	19,721	−98	−39	+25	−79
2024	19,666	−55	−14	+12	−50
2025	19,582	−84	−19	+9	−74

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.1 ±0.8: for men 38.2 ±1.0 and for women 41.3 ±0.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Richland Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under 5	1,267 ±35	6.4% ±0.2	6.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,415 ±279	17.2% ±1.4	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,714 ±291	8.6% ±1.5	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,999 ±324	25.2% ±1.6	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,801 ±286	24.2% ±1.4	24.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,626 ±316	18.3% ±1.6	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $53,544 ±$3,815, and income per person $27,433 ±$2,222, 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 Richland Parish by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under $25,000	1,979 ±308	27.3% ±4.1	22.4% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,415 ±266	19.5% ±3.6	20.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,336 ±259	18.5% ±3.5	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	665 ±153	9.2% ±2.1	11.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	988 ±233	13.6% ±3.2	14.8% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	431 ±135	6.0% ±1.9	7.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	426 ±137	5.9% ±1.9	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 Richland Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Louisiana	United States
All ages	4,532 ±647	24.0% ±3.4	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,472 ±233	32.0% ±4.2	25.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,111 ±381	22.4% ±3.8	17.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	949 ±210	19.7% ±4.1	15.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Richland Parish, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Richland Parish	Louisiana	United States
Housing units	8,734 ±39	2,108,902 ±333	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	82.9% ±2.8	85.6% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	17.1% ±2.8	14.4% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	66.8% ±3.3	67.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	33.2% ±3.4	32.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$141,900 ±$21,744	$216,500 ±$1,367	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$903 ±$58	$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 Richland Parish by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	455 ±0	2.3% ±<0.1	7.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	11,938 ±80	60.2% ±0.4	55.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	7,068 ±101	35.7% ±0.5	30.5% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 32	0% to 0.2%	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 40	0% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 15	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.1%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	324 ±123	1.6% ±0.6	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 Richland Parish by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Born in the state	16,413 ±485	82.8% ±2.4	77.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,239 ±492	16.3% ±2.5	17.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	10 to 102	0.1% to 0.5%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	36 to 192	0.2% to 1.0%	4.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	7 to 157	< 0.1% to 0.8%	2.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 64	0% to 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%.

Richland Parish among the counties of Louisiana

44th of 64 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Louisiana page.

Counties of Louisiana near Richland Parish in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
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%
Richland Parish	19,582	−2.2%
Pointe Coupee Parish	19,520	−5.6%
Franklin Parish	19,002	−3.6%
St. James Parish	18,938	−5.9%
East Feliciana Parish	18,911	−2.8%
Concordia Parish	17,836	−4.0%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 6 Counties in Louisiana by poverty rate
No. 12 Counties in Louisiana by median age
No. 16 Counties in Louisiana by median rent
No. 22 Counties in Louisiana by median household income
No. 24 Counties in Louisiana by per capita income
No. 27 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