Demographics of Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Sabine Parish, Louisiana had 21,834 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −262 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.

Sabine Parish, in four figures

21,834
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −1.2%
Change since July 2020: −262 people.; 41.8 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $50,329 ±$6,849
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.

Sabine Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 1.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Sabine 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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Sabine Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 1.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Sabine 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	22,096	100.0	100.0
2021	22,101	100.0	100.2
2022	21,966	99.4	100.7
2023	21,959	99.4	101.6
2024	21,802	98.7	102.5
2025	21,834	98.8	103.1

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Population of Sabine 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	22,096	−50	−33	0	−20
2021	22,101	+5	−130	+1	+119
2022	21,966	−135	−123	+2	0
2023	21,959	−7	−30	0	+28
2024	21,802	−157	−42	+9	−124
2025	21,834	+32	−48	+3	+76

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.8 ±0.8: for men 40.9 ±1.1 and for women 43.7 ±0.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Sabine Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under 5	1,296 ±89	5.9% ±0.4	6.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,792 ±260	17.3% ±1.2	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,745 ±221	7.9% ±1.0	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,909 ±249	22.3% ±1.1	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,528 ±298	25.2% ±1.4	24.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,707 ±277	21.4% ±1.3	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $50,329 ±$6,849, and income per person $29,015 ±$1,571, 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 Sabine Parish by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under $25,000	2,382 ±298	27.1% ±3.2	22.4% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,003 ±239	22.8% ±2.6	20.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,391 ±224	15.8% ±2.5	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	994 ±189	11.3% ±2.1	11.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,152 ±200	13.1% ±2.2	14.8% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	328 ±75	3.7% ±0.8	7.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	535 ±169	6.1% ±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 Sabine Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Louisiana	United States
All ages	5,127 ±548	23.7% ±2.5	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,542 ±250	30.5% ±4.4	25.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,326 ±318	22.2% ±2.9	17.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,259 ±214	20.7% ±3.3	15.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Sabine Parish, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Sabine Parish	Louisiana	United States
Housing units	13,711 ±37	2,108,902 ±333	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	64.1% ±2.5	85.6% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	35.9% ±2.5	14.4% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	80.3% ±1.3	67.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	19.7% ±2.6	32.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$123,100 ±$15,244	$216,500 ±$1,367	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$701 ±$81	$1,064 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1986 ±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 Sabine Parish by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	777 ±0	3.5% ±<0.1	7.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	14,598 ±125	66.4% ±0.6	55.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	3,210 ±223	14.6% ±1.0	30.5% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	86 ±30	0.4% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	1,523 ±161	6.9% ±0.7	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	50 to 256	0.2% to 1.2%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,630 ±280	7.4% ±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 Sabine Parish by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Born in the state	17,745 ±381	80.7% ±1.7	77.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,943 ±388	17.9% ±1.8	17.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	39 to 173	0.2% to 0.8%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	183 ±84	0.8% ±0.4	4.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	29 to 137	0.1% to 0.6%	2.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	28 to 172	0.1% to 0.8%	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%.

Sabine Parish among the counties of Louisiana

41st of 64 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Louisiana page.

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

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Rankings this appears in

No. 6 Counties in Louisiana by homeownership rate
No. 6 Counties in Louisiana by median age
No. 8 Counties in Louisiana by poverty rate
No. 20 Counties in Louisiana by per capita income
No. 22 Counties in Louisiana by median household income
No. 26 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