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Caddo Parish, Louisiana

A parish in Louisiana, ranked 6 of 64 by population.

ParishFIPS 22017

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

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Population
224,226
-12,798 (-5.4%) since 2020
Land area
879.5
square miles. A further 6.1% of the total area is water
Population density
255
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Shreveport
Seat of county government.
Established
1838
187 years ago
Largest city
Shreveport city
Population 173,180 for the whole place, which extends beyond this parish.

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 Caddo 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 Caddo 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 510 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 Caddo 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
Population224,2266th of 64322nd of 3,144
Land area879.5 sq mi12th of 64910th of 3,144
Population density255 per sq mi8th of 64492nd of 3,144
Median household income$50,70537th of 642,733rd of 3,143

Full data for Caddo Parish

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population224,226Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020237,024Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?237,944Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area879.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area57.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area937 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?255 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,705American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$175,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households95,771American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units112,612American 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
-144
2,666 births, 2,810 deaths
Net migration
-951
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 8 areas bordering Caddo 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
Bossier ParishLouisiana145 mi131,867
De Soto ParishLouisiana44 mi27,381
Harrison CountyTexas21 mi71,956
Panola CountyTexas14 mi23,018
Miller CountyArkansas13 mi42,357
Marion CountyTexas13 mi9,896
Cass CountyTexas9.5 mi28,651
Red River ParishLouisiana8.5 mi7,165

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

All 64 parishes of Louisiana

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