Demographics of Tensas Parish, Louisiana

Tensas Parish, Louisiana had 3,700 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −407 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.

Tensas Parish, in four figures

3,700
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −9.9%
Change since July 2020: −407 people.; 47.5 ±1.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $36,615 ±$4,366
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.

Tensas Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 9.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Tensas 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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Tensas Parish, Louisiana's population shrank 9.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Tensas 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	4,107	100.0	100.0
2021	4,028	98.1	100.2
2022	3,848	93.7	100.7
2023	3,843	93.6	101.6
2024	3,818	93.0	102.5
2025	3,700	90.1	103.1

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Population of Tensas Parish, Louisiana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From elsewhere in the country
2020	4,107	−41	−14	−23
2021	4,028	−79	−46	−36
2022	3,848	−180	−30	−159
2023	3,843	−5	−21	+17
2024	3,818	−25	−38	+13
2025	3,700	−118	−44	−73

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 47.5 ±1.8: for men 45.4 ±2.6 and for women 50.6 ±2.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Tensas Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under 5	190 ±72	4.8% ±1.8	6.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	653 ±126	16.6% ±3.2	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	257 ±83	6.5% ±2.1	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	764 ±152	19.4% ±3.9	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	965 ±140	24.5% ±3.6	24.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,106 ±137	28.1% ±3.5	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $36,615 ±$4,366, and income per person $20,390 ±$2,628, 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 Tensas Parish by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under $25,000	555 ±115	35.2% ±6.9	22.4% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	454 ±114	28.8% ±6.9	20.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	343 ±88	21.7% ±5.3	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	118 ±47	7.5% ±2.9	11.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	28 to 122	1.8% to 7.7%	14.8% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	0 to 13	0% to 0.8%	7.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	4 to 52	0.3% to 3.3%	7.8% ±0.2	13.4% ±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%.

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 Tensas Parish by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Louisiana	United States
All ages	1,262 ±178	34.4% ±4.9	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	457 ±78	54.8% ±3.4	25.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	437 ±101	32.4% ±6.6	17.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	368 ±99	24.8% ±6.1	15.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Tensas Parish, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Tensas Parish	Louisiana	United States
Housing units	2,792 ±20	2,108,902 ±333	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	56.5% ±4.1	85.6% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	43.5% ±4.2	14.4% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	74.2% ±5.0	67.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	25.8% ±5.3	32.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$86,300 ±$7,290	$216,500 ±$1,367	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$601 ±$146	$1,064 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1972 ±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 Tensas Parish by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	21 to 65	0.5% to 1.7%	7.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	1,625 ±13	41.3% ±0.3	55.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,124 ±88	54.0% ±2.2	30.5% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	7 to 73	0.2% to 1.9%	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 14	0% to 0.4%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 14	0% to 0.4%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 14	0% to 0.4%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	30 to 176	0.8% to 4.5%	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 Tensas Parish by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Born in the state	2,966 ±120	75.4% ±3.0	77.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	908 ±130	23.1% ±3.3	17.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 51	0% to 1.3%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	6 to 66	0.2% to 1.7%	4.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 14	0% to 0.4%	2.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	6 to 66	0.2% to 1.7%	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%.

Tensas Parish among the counties of Louisiana

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

Counties of Louisiana near Tensas Parish in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Madison Parish	8,844	−10.9%
Catahoula Parish	8,223	−7.0%
Red River Parish	7,165	−5.5%
East Carroll Parish	6,760	−8.6%
Cameron Parish	4,718	−16.1%
Tensas Parish	3,700	−9.9%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Counties in Louisiana by median age
No. 1 Counties in Louisiana by poverty rate
No. 4 Counties by poverty rate
No. 9 Counties in Louisiana by homeownership rate
No. 38 Counties in Louisiana by median rent
No. 51 Counties in Louisiana by median household income

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