Demographics of Minden city, Louisiana

Minden city, Louisiana had 11,103 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −755 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Minden city, in four figures

11,103
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 11,455 ±28.; −6.4%
Change since July 2020: −755 people.; 38.5 ±1.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $34,294 ±$4,008
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Minden city, Louisiana's population shrank 6.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Minden city, 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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The figures

Minden city, Louisiana's population shrank 6.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Minden city, 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	11,858	100.0	100.0
2021	11,535	97.3	100.2
2022	11,397	96.1	100.7
2023	11,331	95.6	101.6
2024	11,213	94.6	102.5
2025	11,103	93.6	103.1

Population of Minden city, Louisiana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	11,858	—
2021	11,535	−323
2022	11,397	−138
2023	11,331	−66
2024	11,213	−118
2025	11,103	−110

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 38.5 ±1.6: for men 34.9 ±4.8 and for women 39.9 ±2.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Minden city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under 5	796 ±173	6.9% ±1.5	6.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,033 ±329	17.7% ±2.9	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,228 ±253	10.7% ±2.2	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,579 ±352	22.5% ±3.1	26.6% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,853 ±338	24.9% ±2.9	24.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,966 ±260	17.2% ±2.3	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $34,294 ±$4,008, and income per person $27,073 ±$4,536, 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 Minden city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Louisiana	United States
Under $25,000	1,632 ±311	35.6% ±6.5	22.4% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,418 ±280	31.0% ±5.9	20.2% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	522 ±134	11.4% ±2.9	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	332 ±120	7.3% ±2.6	11.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	374 ±126	8.2% ±2.7	14.8% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	126 ±62	2.8% ±1.3	7.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	174 ±80	3.8% ±1.7	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 Minden city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Louisiana	United States
All ages	2,991 ±529	26.7% ±4.7	18.9% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	903 ±259	32.1% ±7.9	25.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,583 ±331	26.2% ±4.9	17.7% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	505 ±155	21.5% ±5.9	15.2% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Minden city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Minden city	Louisiana	United States
Housing units	5,703 ±259	2,108,902 ±333	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	80.3% ±1.9	85.6% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	19.7% ±4.0	14.4% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	49.4% ±4.3	67.4% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	50.6% ±5.2	32.6% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$130,200 ±$17,588	$216,500 ±$1,367	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$895 ±$84	$1,064 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1968 ±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 Minden city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	398 ±141	3.5% ±1.2	7.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	5,015 ±489	43.8% ±4.3	55.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	5,780 ±470	50.5% ±4.1	30.5% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 48	0% to 0.4%	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 89	0% to 0.8%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.2%	0.5% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	75 to 337	0.7% to 2.9%	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 Minden city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Louisiana	United States
Born in the state	9,527 ±411	83.2% ±3.6	77.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,742 ±378	15.2% ±3.3	17.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	1 to 65	< 0.1% to 0.6%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	52 to 254	0.5% to 2.2%	4.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	4 to 138	< 0.1% to 1.2%	2.0% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	19 to 145	0.2% to 1.3%	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%.

Minden city among the places of Louisiana

48th of 102 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Louisiana page.

Places of Louisiana near Minden city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Bayou Blue CDP	12,218 ±1,381
Woodmere CDP	11,879 ±1,374
Covington city	11,658 ±42
Carencro city	11,619 ±28
Destrehan CDP	11,619 ±1,119
Minden city	11,455 ±28
Crowley city	11,422 ±26
Waggaman CDP	11,330 ±2,041
Morgan City city	11,064 ±42
Abbeville city	11,003 ±22
Belle Chasse CDP	10,934 ±912

Rankings this appears in

No. 11 Places in Louisiana by poverty rate
No. 12 Places in Louisiana by median age
No. 38 Places in Louisiana by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 38 Places in Louisiana by per capita income
No. 48 Places in Louisiana by median rent
No. 49 Places by poverty rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — 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 — incorporated places and New England towns 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