Louisiana Adds 3,300 Residents as 15,000 Immigrants Offset Outflow and Job Stagnation
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Updated · FOX 8 Local First · Jul 10
Louisiana Adds 3,300 Residents as 15,000 Immigrants Offset Outflow and Job Stagnation
1 articles · Updated · FOX 8 Local First · Jul 10
Summary
Louisiana’s population rose by 3,300 between 2024 and 2025, a second straight annual gain that lifted the state to about 4.9 million residents.
15,000 international arrivals drove that increase, while 14,000 people left for other U.S. states, leaving foreign immigration as the only meaningful source of in-migration.
0.07% growth was small enough to fall within the Census estimate’s margin of error, according to The Data Center New Orleans’ chief demographer Allison Plyer.
Parish trends were mixed: Lafayette gained 3,300, East Baton Rouge 2,000 and St. Tammany 1,400, while Orleans lost 1,300 and Jefferson lost 1,000.
Stagnant job growth remains the main drag on a larger rebound, with increasingly automated industries such as data centers, refineries and logistics hubs creating less employment.