County Maps US

Bossier Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 12 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22015

Within Louisiana
Bossier Parish, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Benton, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

Download SVGFull Louisiana map downloads

Population
131,867
+3,220 (+2.5%) since 2020
Land area
839.6
square miles. A further 3.1% of the total area is water
Population density
157
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Benton
Seat of county government.
Established
1843
182 years ago
Largest city
Bossier City city
Population 63,259.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Bossier Parish with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Bossier Parish, Louisiana from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 448 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Bossier Parish ranks

Position among the 64 parishes of Louisiana, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn LouisianaNationally
Population131,86712th of 64501st of 3,144
Land area839.6 sq mi17th of 64995th of 3,144
Population density157 per sq mi14th of 64676th of 3,144
Median household income$69,61710th of 641,228th of 3,143

Full data for Bossier Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population131,867Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020128,647Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?128,655Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area839.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area27.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area866.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?157 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,617American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$227,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households50,826American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units56,743American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+275
1,510 births, 1,235 deaths
Net migration
+410
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Bossier Parish

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Caddo ParishLouisiana145 mi224,226
Webster ParishLouisiana65 mi34,948
Bienville ParishLouisiana20 mi12,269
Lafayette CountyArkansas17 mi5,888
Red River ParishLouisiana2.4 mi7,165
Miller CountyArkansas0.4 mi42,357

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 64 parishes of Louisiana

Open the interactive Louisiana county map, or jump straight to any of them.

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.