Oldest Cities in Louisiana by Median Age

The top 25 of 37 Louisiana cities on GIS Map, ranked by highest median age.

#	City	County	Median age	Population
1	Mandeville	St. Tammany	43.7 years	12,946
2	Metairie	Jefferson	41.3 years	139,729
3	Crowley	Acadia	40.6 years	11,422
4	Central	East Baton Rouge	40.4 years	29,783
5	Bogalusa	Washington	40 years	10,468
6	Jennings	Jefferson Davis	39.8 years	9,553
7	Denham Springs	Livingston	39.7 years	9,323
8	Kenner	Jefferson	39.3 years	64,904
9	Covington	St. Tammany	39 years	11,658
10	Thibodaux	Lafourche	39 years	15,732
11	Gonzales	Ascension	38.9 years	13,108
12	Slidell	St. Tammany	38.9 years	28,561
13	New Orleans	Orleans	38.8 years	371,853
14	Morgan City	St. Mary	38.6 years	11,064
15	Minden	Webster	38.5 years	11,455
16	Zachary	East Baton Rouge	38.3 years	19,952
17	Sulphur	Calcasieu	38 years	20,775
18	Eunice	St. Landry	37.9 years	9,239
19	Shreveport	Caddo	37.9 years	180,982
20	Breaux Bridge	St. Martin	37.8 years	7,501
21	Alexandria	Rapides	37.6 years	44,060
22	DeRidder	Beauregard	37.6 years	9,763
23	Opelousas	St. Landry	37.1 years	15,495
24	New Iberia	Iberia	37 years	27,571
25	Lafayette	Lafayette	36.9 years	121,715

Top Louisiana Counties

Counties ranked by highest median age.

1. Tensas Parish47.5 years 2. East Feliciana Parish44 years 3. Bienville Parish43.9 years 4. Pointe Coupee Parish43.9 years 5. Union Parish43.7 years 6. Cameron Parish43.5 years 7. St. Helena Parish43 years 8. Assumption Parish42.8 years 9. West Feliciana Parish42.7 years 10. Claiborne Parish42.3 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Oldest Cities in Louisiana by Median Age”, https://gismap.land/rankings/louisiana/oldest-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Oldest Cities in Louisiana by Median Age

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